often attributive
1
obsolete
: a sum or due fixed in amount and payable at fixed intervals
2
: a letting out of revenues or taxes for a fixed sum to one authorized to collect and retain them
3
: a district or division of a country leased out for the collection of government revenues
4
: a tract of land devoted to agricultural purposes
5
a
: a plot of land devoted to the raising of animals and especially domestic livestock
b
: a tract of water reserved for the artificial cultivation of some aquatic life form
a fish farm
6
: a minor-league team (as in baseball) associated with a major-league team as a subsidiary
7
: an area containing a number of similar structures or objects (such as radio antennas or storage tanks)
farmed; farming; farms
1
obsolete
: rent
2
: to collect and take the fees or profits of (an occupation or business) on payment of a fixed sum
3
: to give up (something, such as an estate or a business) to another on condition of receiving in return a fixed sum
4
a
: to devote to agriculture
b
: to manage and cultivate as a farm
c
: to grow or cultivate in quantity
farm trees for fuel
farm salmon
: to engage in raising crops or animals
Synonyms
Examples of farm in a Sentence
Noun
She grew up on a dairy farm.
Running a farm is hard work.
Verb
My uncle has been farming this land for 60 years.
My uncle has been farming on this land for 60 years.
Recent Examples on the Web
Amy Taxin, Fortune, 17 Apr. 2024
Cutting through farms and neighborhoods, the plan converges on Northern Virginia, where a growing data center industry will need enough extra energy to power 6 million homes by 2030.
—Antonio Olivo, Washington Post, 17 Apr. 2024
He was brought up on a cattle and dairy farm in the Everglades, according to the Bob Graham Center for Public Service.
—Jolie Lash, ABC News, 16 Apr. 2024
The Colorado River supplies water used by cities, farms and tribal nations across seven states and northern Mexico.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2024
In reality, his experience of farm ownership was wrought with challenges.
—Eliza Milio, TIME, 16 Apr. 2024
His handwritten reports contained coordinates of heroin refineries and upcountry poppy farms, even rosters of corrupt police.
—Patrick Winn, Rolling Stone, 13 Apr. 2024
Natusch points out that the native snakes could still help in creating python farms.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2024
Following decades of diminishing membership in the vast stretches of California’s farm fields, the UFW had seized on a new way to unionize workers, made possible by recent state legislation.
—Rebecca Plevin, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2024
Natallie Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2024
Founded ten years ago, Bowery uses technology to reinvent and reimagine the food chain, decoupling agriculture from the inconsistencies and risks of farming outdoors.
—Heather Wishart-Smith, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
The Rappahannock River Pearls, on the other hand, are farmed near the Chesapeake Bay.
—Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 4 Apr. 2024
The Chicago Eco House farms the flowers, while Southside Blooms works as a fulfillment center, the couple explained.
—Ashley R. Williams, CNN, 31 Mar. 2024
The family emigrated from Germany and settled in the Oxnard area in the late 1800s, farming sugar beets and lima beans before moving into citrus, then row crops.
—Rebecca Plevin, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2024
The reason was an earth wall—known as a bund, built more than half a century ago where the estuary of the local river meets the sea—that blocked off incoming seawater to transform the saltwater wetlands into a ponded freshwater pasture for cattle farming.
—Bianca Nogrady, WIRED, 19 Mar. 2024
The tribe has farmed in the Santa Cruz Valley for millennia.
—The Arizona Republic, 27 Feb. 2024
Maya milpa farming: Forest access is essential In the tropical lowlands of Mexico and Central America, Indigenous Maya farmers have been practicing milpa agriculture for thousands of years.
—Chelsea Fisher, The Conversation, 26 Feb. 2024
Noun
The lake most recently reappeared in 2023 after intense winter downpours that flooded farms and roads.
—Amy Taxin, Fortune, 17 Apr. 2024
Cutting through farms and neighborhoods, the plan converges on Northern Virginia, where a growing data center industry will need enough extra energy to power 6 million homes by 2030.
—Antonio Olivo, Washington Post, 17 Apr. 2024
He was brought up on a cattle and dairy farm in the Everglades, according to the Bob Graham Center for Public Service.
—Jolie Lash, ABC News, 16 Apr. 2024
The Colorado River supplies water used by cities, farms and tribal nations across seven states and northern Mexico.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2024
In reality, his experience of farm ownership was wrought with challenges.
—Eliza Milio, TIME, 16 Apr. 2024
His handwritten reports contained coordinates of heroin refineries and upcountry poppy farms, even rosters of corrupt police.
—Patrick Winn, Rolling Stone, 13 Apr. 2024
Natusch points out that the native snakes could still help in creating python farms.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2024
Following decades of diminishing membership in the vast stretches of California’s farm fields, the UFW had seized on a new way to unionize workers, made possible by recent state legislation.
—Rebecca Plevin, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2024
Verb
The Chasin’ Dreams Farm puffs are made with U.S.-grown and regeneratively farmed sorghum.
—Natallie Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2024
Founded ten years ago, Bowery uses technology to reinvent and reimagine the food chain, decoupling agriculture from the inconsistencies and risks of farming outdoors.
—Heather Wishart-Smith, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
The Rappahannock River Pearls, on the other hand, are farmed near the Chesapeake Bay.
—Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 4 Apr. 2024
The Chicago Eco House farms the flowers, while Southside Blooms works as a fulfillment center, the couple explained.
—Ashley R. Williams, CNN, 31 Mar. 2024
The family emigrated from Germany and settled in the Oxnard area in the late 1800s, farming sugar beets and lima beans before moving into citrus, then row crops.
—Rebecca Plevin, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2024
The reason was an earth wall—known as a bund, built more than half a century ago where the estuary of the local river meets the sea—that blocked off incoming seawater to transform the saltwater wetlands into a ponded freshwater pasture for cattle farming.
—Bianca Nogrady, WIRED, 19 Mar. 2024
The tribe has farmed in the Santa Cruz Valley for millennia.
—The Arizona Republic, 27 Feb. 2024
Maya milpa farming: Forest access is essential In the tropical lowlands of Mexico and Central America, Indigenous Maya farmers have been practicing milpa agriculture for thousands of years.
—Chelsea Fisher, The Conversation, 26 Feb. 2024
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farm
1 of 2 noun1
a
: a piece of land used for growing crops or raising livestock
b
: a body of water used for the cultivation of aquatic animals
an oyster farm
2
: a minor-league baseball team
farm
2 of 2 verb1
: to turn over to another usually for an agreed payment
—usually used with out
farm out the electrical work
2
a
: to devote to agriculture
farm 60 acres
b
: to engage in raising crops or animals
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