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- Dictionaryfarm/fɑːm/
noun
- 1. an area of land and its buildings, used for growing crops and rearing animals: "a farm of 100 acres"
verb
- 1. make one's living by growing crops or keeping livestock: "he has farmed organically for years" Similar
- 2. allow someone to collect and keep the revenues from (a tax) on payment of a fee: historical "the customs had been farmed to the collector for a fixed sum"
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a place where a particular type of animal is kept in large numbers in order to be sold: a sheep / fish farm. More examplesFewer examples. Our farm straddles the railway line. As agriculture became more capital intensive, many farm labourers moved to the towns and cities to look for work.
The meaning of FARM is a sum or due fixed in amount and payable at fixed intervals. How to use farm in a sentence.
A farm is an area of land, together with the buildings on it, that is used for growing crops or raising animals, usually in order to sell them. Farms in France are much smaller than those in the United States or even Britain.
A farm is a plot of land that is used to grow crops and raise livestock, as in On our farm, we raise sheep and sell their wool. The word farm is also used as a verb to mean to work land to grow crops or to raise animals.
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. Some farms consist of barns or other buildings, greenhouses, and fields.
1. a tract of land, usu. with a house, barn, silo, etc., on which crops and often livestock are raised for livelihood. 2. land or water devoted to the raising of animals, fish, plants, etc.: a pig farm; an oyster farm. 3. the system, method, or act of collecting revenue by leasing a territory in districts.
Definition of farm noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
