farm

[Farm]

A farm is a plot of land that's used for growing food crops or raising livestock. A dairy farm might have cows and fields of grass for them to eat.

...

The rent of land, -- originally paid by reservation of part of its products.

Noun
workplace consisting of farm buildings and cultivated land as a unit; "it takes several people to work the farm"

Verb
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"

Verb
collect fees or profits

Verb
be a farmer; work as a farmer; "My son is farming in California"


a. & n.
The rent of land, -- originally paid by reservation of part of its products.

a. & n.
The term or tenure of a lease of land for cultivation; a leasehold.

a. & n.
The land held under lease and by payment of rent for the purpose of cultivation.

a. & n.
Any tract of land devoted to agricultural purposes, under the management of a tenant or the owner.

a. & n.
A district of country leased (or farmed) out for the collection of the revenues of government.

a. & n.
A lease of the imposts on particular goods; as, the sugar farm, the silk farm.

v. t.
To lease or let for an equivalent, as land for a rent; to yield the use of to proceeds.

v. t.
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; as, to farm the taxes.

v. t.
To take at a certain rent or rate.

v. t.
To devote (land) to agriculture; to cultivate, as land; to till, as a farm.

v. i.
To engage in the business of tilling the soil; to labor as a farmer.


Farm

Farm , n. [OE. ferme rent, lease, F. ferme, LL. firma, fr. L. firmus firm, fast, firmare to make firm or fast. See Firm, a. & n.] 1. The rent of land, -- originally paid by reservation of part of its products. [Obs.] 2. The term or tenure of a lease of land for cultivation; a leasehold. [Obs.]
It is great willfulness in landlords to make any longer farms to their tenants.
3. The land held under lease and by payment of rent for the purpose of cultivation. 4. Any tract of land devoted to agricultural purposes, under the management of a tenant or the owner. &hand; In English the ideas of a lease, a term, and a rent, continue to be in a great degree inseparable, even from the popular meaning of a farm, as they are entirely so from the legal sense. Burrill. 5. A district of country leased (or farmed) out for the collection of the revenues of government.
The province was devided into twelve farms.
6. (O. Eng. Law) A lease of the imposts on particular goods; as, the sugar farm, the silk farm.
Whereas G. H. held the farm of sugars upon a rent of 10,000 marks per annum.

Farm

Farm , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Farmed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Farming.] 1. To lease or let for an equivalent, as land for a rent; to yield the use of to proceeds.
We are enforced to farm our royal realm.
2. 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; as, to farm the taxes.
To farm their subjects and their duties toward these.
3. To take at a certain rent or rate. 4. To devote (land) to agriculture; to cultivate, as land; to till, as a farm. To farm let, To let to farm, to lease on rent.

Farm

Farm, v. i. To engage in the business of tilling the soil; to labor as a farmer.

The rent of land, -- originally paid by reservation of part of its products.

To lease or let for an equivalent, as land for a rent; to yield the use of to proceeds.

To engage in the business of tilling the soil; to labor as a farmer.

...

Usage Examples

Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and soon discovered there was a whole world to conquer that went beyond our farm in Mississippi.

I grew up on a farm in a small town where you do or say one thing and everybody knows about it. You see it happen, there's always the town gossip - 'Oh did you hear about so and so, or did you hear what went on in this household?' So I learned at a very young age just to keep my mouth shut.

In America, Blackberry Farm in Tennessee is one of the most amazing hotels I've had the privilege of staying at.

I jetset around and play these songs and get to hang with some pretty amazing people, then I go home to a really great farm, though actually it's a disaster area of a farm at the moment. But it's certainly a blast. I wouldn't trade lives with anyone right now.

I had a birthday one night on a farm we were shooting on. I walked into the tent, and there were 150 people waiting for me, all wearing masks of my face.

A friend of mine has a big farm in the desert, and she picks up feathers and roadkill for me, then makes it into clothes. I think it's cool to wear roadkill. If I died and somebody wanted to wear my teeth around their neck to VMAs, I'd feel honored.

I spent a lot of time on farms when I was young. My uncle and my dad owned a big farm.

Baseball is the president tossing out the first ball of the season. And a scrubby schoolboy playing catch with his dad on a Mississippi farm.

I'm one of five kids and we lived on a massive farm in New South Wales with my mum and dad.

Misspelled Form

farm, dfarm, rfarm, tfarm, gfarm, vfarm, cfarm, darm, rarm, tarm, garm, varm, carm, fdarm, frarm, ftarm, fgarm, fvarm, fcarm, fqarm, fwarm, fsarm, fzarm, fqrm, fwrm, fsrm, fzrm, faqrm, fawrm, fasrm, fazrm, faerm, fa4rm, fa5rm, fatrm, fafrm, faem, fa4m, fa5m, fatm, fafm, farem, far4m, far5m, fartm, farfm, farnm, farjm, farkm, far,m, far m, farn, farj, fark, far,, far , farmn, farmj, farmk, farm,, farm .

Other Usage Examples

I didn't really get into golf until I was about 14. My mom and dad were taking lessons from a pro an hour and a half from our farm in Cohuna, Australia. When they got home, I'd ask my mom to explain everything they learned - drills and all.

Competition got me off the farm and trained me to seek out challenges and to endure setbacks and in combination with my faith, it sustains me now in my fight with Alzheimer's disease.

If we do not change our negative habits toward climate change, we can count on worldwide disruptions in food production, resulting in mass migration, refugee crises and increased conflict over scarce natural resources like water and farm land. This is a recipe for major security problems.

And perfect happiness? Man, that's a... the pool is about 92 degrees, the Jacuzzi is about 102 and an avocado farm.

I ask myself: Would I have been any worse off if I had stayed home or lived on a farm instead of shock treatments and medication?

After spending time with the rescued turkeys at Farm Sanctuary's shelter and seeing how similar they are to my furry companion animals at home, I knew I needed to do everything in my power to protect these friendly and curious birds from the daily pain and suffering they endure on factory farms.

I have a pet lizard named Puff, five goldfish - named Pinky, Brain, Jowels, Pearl and Sandy, an oscar fish named Chef, two pacus, an albino African frog named Whitey, a bonsai tree, four Venus flytraps, a fruit fly farm and sea monkeys.

I remember the evacuee children from towns and cities throwing stones at the farm animals. When we explained that if you did that you wouldn't have any milk, meat or eggs, they soon learned to respect the animals.

Ants are so much like human beings as to be an embarrassment. They farm fungi, raise aphids as livestock, launch armies into war, use chemical sprays to alarm and confuse enemies, capture slaves, engage in child labour, exchange information ceaselessly. They do everything but watch television.

Comments


Browse Dictionary