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The definition of a farm is a place where crops are grown or animals are raised, or a piece of land leased by the government to earn tax money.

(noun)

An example of a farm is a place where dairy cows are raised.
An example of a farm is a place where baby fish are raised; a fish farm.

Farm is defined as to grow crops or raise animals.

(verb)

An example of farm is to raise, milk and take care of dairy cows.

See farm in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

1. Obsolete a fixed sum payable at regular intervals, as rent or taxes
2. the letting out, for a fixed amount, of the collection of taxes, with the privilege of keeping all that is collected
3. 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
in full farm club (or team)

Origin: 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

See farm in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A tract of land cultivated for the purpose of agricultural production.
a. A tract of land devoted to the raising and breeding of domestic animals.
b. An area of water devoted to the raising, breeding, or production of a specific aquatic animal: a trout farm; an oyster farm.
An area of land devoted to the storage of a commodity or the emplacement of a group of devices: a tank farm; an antenna farm.
Baseball A minor-league club affiliated with a major-league club for the training of recruits and the maintenance of temporarily unneeded players.
Obsolete
a. The system of leasing out the rights of collecting and retaining taxes in a certain district.
b. A district so leased.

verb farmed, farm·ing, farms

verb, transitive

To cultivate or produce a crop on.
To pay a fixed sum in order to have the right to collect and retain profits from (a business, for example).
To turn over (a business, for example) to another in return for the payment of a fixed sum.

verb, intransitive

To engage in farming.

Phrasal Verb: farm out To send (work, for example) from a central point to be done elsewhere. Baseball To assign (a player) to a minor-league team.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English, lease, leased property

Origin: , from Old French ferme

Origin: , from Medieval Latin firma, fixed payment

Origin: , from Latin firmāre, to establish

Origin: , from firmus, firm; see dher- in Indo-European roots

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