farm
Forms
- Plural
- farms
- present (v1)
- farm
- past (v2)
- farmed
- past participle (v3)
- farmed
- present participle
- farming
- 3rd person singular
- farms
Definitions
1.A place where agricultural and similar activities take place, especially the growing of crops or the raising of livestock.
- Ziri started a sheep farm in Algeria.
- Tom had a farm not too far from Boston.
2.A tract of land held on lease for the purpose of cultivation.
- Ziri started a sheep farm in Algeria.
- Tom had a farm not too far from Boston.
3.A location used for an industrial purpose, having many similar structures.
- The skies are threatening to pour on the Apple solar farm but as the woman in-charge of the company’s environmental initiatives points out: the panels are still putting out some power. Apple is still greening its act.
4.A group of coordinated servers.
- Ziri started a sheep farm in Algeria.
- Tom had a farm not too far from Boston.
1.To grow (a particular crop).
2.To work on a farm, especially in the growing and harvesting of crops.
3.To devote (land) to farming.
4.To give up to another, as an estate, a business, the revenue, etc., on condition of receiving in return a percentage of what it yields; to farm out.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1516
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Word family
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English ferme, farme (“rent, revenue, produce, factor, stewardship, meal, feast”), influenced by Anglo-Norman ferme (“rent, lease, farm”), from Medieval Latin ferma, firma.