farm

farm (färm)

1. 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.

3. 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.

4. Baseball A minor-league club affiliated with a major-league club for the training of recruits and the maintenance of temporarily unneeded players.

5. Obsolete

a. The system of leasing out the rights of collecting and retaining taxes in a certain district.

b. A district so leased.

v. farmed, farm·ing, farms

v.tr.

1. To cultivate or produce a crop on.

2. To pay a fixed sum in order to have the right to collect and retain profits from (a business, for example).

3. To turn over (a business, for example) to another in return for the payment of a fixed sum.

v.intr.

To engage in farming.

Phrasal Verb:

farm out

1. To send (work, for example) from a central point to be done elsewhere.

2. Baseball To assign (a player) to a minor-league team.

[Middle English, lease, leased property, from Old French ferme, from Medieval Latin firma, fixed payment, from Latin firmre, to establish, from firmus, firm; see dher- in Indo-European roots.]

farm

Noun

1. a tract of land, usually with a house and buildings, cultivated as a unit or used to rear livestock

2. a unit of land or water devoted to the growing or rearing of some particular type of fruit, animal, or fish: a salmon farm, an ostrich farm

Verb

a. to cultivate land

b. to rear animals or fish on a farm

2. to do agricultural work as a way of life

3. to collect and keep the profits from a tax district or business

See also farm out [Old French ferme rented land]

Farm the body of “farmers” of public revenue, 1786, i.e., those who undertake the collection of taxes and revenues.

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Noun	1.	farm - workplace consisting of farm buildings and cultivated land as a unit; "it takes several people to work the farm" chicken farm - farm where chickens are raised for sale croft - a small farm worked by a crofter dairy, dairy farm - a farm where dairy products are produced farmhouse - house for a farmer and family farm-place, farmplace, farmstead - a farm together with its buildings farmyard - an area adjacent to farm buildings grange - an outlying farm home-farm - a farm that supplies the needs of a large estate of establishment pig farm, piggery - a farm where pigs are raised or kept cattle farm, cattle ranch, ranch, spread - farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle) sewage farm - a farm that is irrigated and fertilized with raw sewage sheeprun, sheepwalk - farm devoted to raising sheep stud farm - a farm where horses are bred truck farm, truck garden - a farm where vegetables are grown for market vinery, vineyard - a farm of grapevines where wine grapes are produced workplace, work - a place where work is done; "he arrived at work early today"
Verb	1.	farm - be a farmer; work as a farmer; "My son is farming in California" do work, work - be employed; "Is your husband working again?"; "My wife never worked"; "Do you want to work after the age of 60?"; "She never did any work because she inherited a lot of money"; "She works as a waitress to put herself through college" ranch - manage or run a ranch; "Her husband is ranching in Arizona"
	2.	farm - collect fees or profits collect, take in - call for and obtain payment of; "we collected over a million dollars in outstanding debts"; "he collected the rent" hire out, rent out, farm out - grant the services of or the temporary use of, for a fee; "We rent out our apartment to tourists every year"; "He hired himself out as a cook"
	3.	farm - cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques; "The Bordeaux region produces great red wines"; "They produce good ham in Parma"; "We grow wheat here"; "We raise hogs here" produce, raise, grow farming, husbandry, agriculture - the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock carry - bear (a crop); "this land does not carry olives" overproduce - produce in excess; produce more than needed or wanted cultivate - foster the growth of keep - raise; "She keeps a few chickens in the yard"; "he keeps bees"