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- DictionaryFarm/färm/
noun
- 1. an area of land and its buildings used for growing crops and rearing animals, typically under the control of one owner or manager: "a farm of 100 acres"
verb
- 1. make one's living by growing crops or keeping livestock: "he has farmed organically for five years"
- 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"
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. Small farms often grow a variety of vegetables and raise small numbers of animals such as egg-laying hens and dairy goats.
3 days ago · 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. 2. verb. If you farm an area of land, you grow crops or keep animals on it. They farmed some of the best land in Scotland.
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.
noun. /fɑːm/ /fɑːrm/ Idioms. an area of land, and the buildings on it, used for growing crops and/or keeping animals. a 200-hectare farm. a dairy farm. an organic farm. a pig/sheep/poultry farm. He runs the farm on his own. on a farm to live on a farm. She works on the family farm. at a farm At harvest time they helped out at the farm.
Britannica Dictionary definition of FARM. [count] 1. : a piece of land used for growing crops or raising animals. She grew up on a dairy farm. Running a farm is hard work. a vegetable farm. 2. : an area of water where fish, oysters, etc., are raised.
A1. an area of land with fields and buildings that is used for growing crops and keeping animals as a business: a dairy farm. farm animals / buildings. Fewer examples. farm workers. I grew up on a farm. He has a 200-acre farm. She works on a farm. He runs an organic farm. farm. verb [ I, T ] uk / fɑːm / us.
A farm (also called an agricultural holding) is an area of land that is devoted primarily to agricultural processes with the primary objective of producing food and other crops; it is the basic facility in food production.
