farm Definition
farm (färm)
noun
- Obsolete a fixed sum payable at regular intervals, as rent or taxes
- the letting out, for a fixed amount, of the collection of taxes, with the privilege of keeping all that is collected
- the condition of being let out at a fixed rent
- a district of a country leased out by a government for the collection of taxes
- a piece of land (with house, barns, etc.) on which crops or animals are raised: orig., such land let out to tenants
- any place where certain things are raised a tract of water for raising fish is a fish farm
- Sports a minor-league team, esp. a baseball team, having an agreement with a major-league team to train its young or inexperienced players
Etymology: ME < OFr ferme < ML firma, fixed payment, farm < firmare, to farm, lease, orig., to make a contract < L, to make firm, secure < firmus, firm
transitive verb
- to cultivate (land)
- to cultivate or rear (plants or animals) on a farm
- to collect the taxes and other fees of (a business) on a commission basis or for a fixed amount
- to turn over to another for a fee
intransitive verb
to work on or operate a farm; raise crops or animals on a farm
farm Idioms
farm out
- to rent (land, a business, etc.) in return for a fixed payment
- to send (work) from a shop, office, etc. to workers on the outside
- to let out the labor of (a convict, etc.) for a fixed amount
- to destroy the fertility of (land), as by failing to rotate crops
- ☆ Baseball to assign to a farm ()
farm Synonyms
farm
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farm Synonyms
farm
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farm Usage Examples
Object
- salmon: It takes 5 tons of fish caught from the sea to produce one ton of factory farmed salmon ( 39 ).
- acre: He farmed 75 acres, the greater part of which was pasture.
Adjective modifier
- organic: On non organic farms the norm is for four cows to be kept on the same area.
- offshore: North Hoyle, the UK's first major offshore wind farm.
- onshore: Around half the planning applications for onshore wind farms in the UK fail.
- collective: A total of 92 percent of agricultural lands is owned by state and collective farms.
- upland: I could not have been more wrong about organic animals from upland farms.
- mixed: The organic rules as devised by Europe, and you, seem to be designed for mixed farms and not for permanent pasture farms.
Modifies a noun
- laborer: Their first son Jas, a 19 year old farm laborer, had been born in Longton.
- animal: He worked on a farm with cattle + all farm animals.
- diversification: Support for farm business diversification was also provided under the last round of EU funding.
- subsidy: Some of the report's findings, including the stance on farm subsidies, run counter to the National Corn Grower's official views.
- machinery: Farmer Bell gets all his farm machinery from him.
- building: The new business is housed in a renovated farm building.
Noun used with modifier
- wind: Wind farm A group of wind turbines located in areas exposed to wind.
- dairy: There are now more bureaucrats in DEFRA than there are dairy farms in England.
- pig: A pig farm was established on ground where later the Burgh Caravan site was laid out.
- sheep: Now, Strath Brora was cleared in 1819 or before then for the upper part under the great Marshall and Atkinson sheep farm.
- acre: Choose from our range of self-catering properties all situated within the grounds of our 65 acre farm.
- livestock: Admission: £ 4.50 adults Children £ 3.50 with under 2s free - Family £ 15 Working livestock farm.
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