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farm

10 definitions • 18 examples
1
an area of land, together with a house and buildings, used for growing crops and/or keeping animals as a business:

Examples:

a dairy farm
farm animals
fresh farm produce
farm workers
on a farm She spent the summer working on a farm.
2
a place where a particular type of animal is kept in large numbers in order to be sold:

Examples:

a sheep/fish farm
3
a number of baseball teams that play below the highest level and are used to prepare young players for a team that plays at the highest level:

Examples:

We don't have any good pitchers down on the farm.
He spent three years in the farm system of the Houston Astros.
4
to use land for growing crops and/or keeping animals as a business:

Examples:

The Stamfords have farmed this land for over a hundred years.
5
an area of land, esp. together with a house and other buildings, used for growing crops or keeping animals
6
A farm can also be a place where a specific type of animal is raised in large numbers to be sold:

Examples:

a cattle/mink farm
7
to use land for growing crops or keeping animals as a business:

Examples:

[ I/T ] Their family has farmed (this land) for three generations.
8
an area of land, usually with fields and buildings, used for raising animals and growing crops as a business:

Examples:

My family has worked on this farm for generations.
farm building/machinery/equipment etc. Pieces of rusting farm equipment lay abandoned in the long grass.
farm worker/labourer Farm workers' wages fell sharply towards the end of the century.
a sheep/pig/dairy etc. farm His parents ran a small but profitable dairy farm.
9
a place where fish or other animals are bred:

Examples:

a trout/fish/salmon etc. farm
10
to use land to grow crops, raise animals, etc.:

Examples:

This area has been farmed for thousands of years.

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