Farm

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A tract of land cultivated for the purpose of agricultural production.
  • n. A tract of land devoted to the raising and breeding of domestic animals.
  • n. An area of water devoted to the raising, breeding, or production of a specific aquatic animal: a trout farm; an oyster farm.
  • n. An area of land devoted to the storage of a commodity or the emplacement of a group of devices: a tank farm; an antenna farm.
  • n. Baseball A minor-league club affiliated with a major-league club for the training of recruits and the maintenance of temporarily unneeded players.
  • n. Obsolete The system of leasing out the rights of collecting and retaining taxes in a certain district.
  • n. Obsolete A district so leased.
  • v. To cultivate or produce a crop on.
  • v. To pay a fixed sum in order to have the right to collect and retain profits from (a business, for example).
  • v. To turn over (a business, for example) to another in return for the payment of a fixed sum.
  • verb-intransitive. To engage in farming.
  • phrasal-verb. farm out To send (work, for example) from a central point to be done elsewhere.
  • phrasal-verb. farm out Baseball To assign (a player) to a minor-league team.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Food; provisions; a meal
  • n. A banquet; feast
  • n. A fixed yearly amount (food, provisions, money, etc.) payable as rent or tax
  • n. A fixed yearly sum accepted from a person as a composition for taxes or other moneys which he is empowered to collect; also, a fixed charge imposed on a town, county, etc., in respect of a tax or taxes to be collected within its limits.
  • n. The letting-out of public revenue to a ‘farmer’; the privilege of farming a tax or taxes.
  • n. The body of farmers of public revenues.
  • n. The condition of being let at a fixed rent; lease; a lease
  • n. A tract of land held on lease for the purpose of cultivation
  • n. A place where agricultural and similar activities take place, especially the growing of crops or the raising of livestock
  • n. A location used for an industrial purpose, having many similar structures
  • n. A group of coordinated servers
  • v. To work on a farm, especially in the growing and harvesting of crops
  • v. To grow a particular crop
  • v. To engage in grinding in a particular area or against specific enemies for a particular drop.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The rent of land, -- originally paid by reservation of part of its products.
  • n. The term or tenure of a lease of land for cultivation; a leasehold.
  • n. The land held under lease and by payment of rent for the purpose of cultivation.
  • n. Any tract of land devoted to agricultural purposes, under the management of a tenant or the owner.
  • n. A district of country leased (or farmed) out for the collection of the revenues of government.
  • n. A lease of the imposts on particular goods.
  • v. To lease or let for an equivalent, as land for a rent; to yield the use of to proceeds.
  • v. 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.
  • v. To take at a certain rent or rate.
  • v. To devote (land) to agriculture; to cultivate, as land; to till, as a farm.
  • verb-intransitive. To engage in the business of tilling the soil; to labor as a farmer.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In old English use, the revenue or rent from lands under lease; revenue, rent, or income in general, but originally chiefly in the form of natural products.
  • n. The state of land leased on rent reserved; a lease; possession under lease: as, in law, to farm let, or let to farm.
  • n. The system, method, or act of collecting revenue by letting out a territory in districts.
  • n. A country or district let out for the collection of revenue.
  • n. A tract of land devoted to general or special cultivation under a single control, whether that of its owner or of a tenant: as, a small farm; a wheat-, fruit-, dairy-, or market-farm.
  • n. A farm-house; a grange; a granary.
  • n. A dwelling; a habitation; a lodging.
  • n. A farm or portion of a farm nearest to or surrounding the home.
  • To lease, as land, at a stated rent; give a lease of, as land; let to a tenant on condition of paying rent: as, to farm a manor.
  • Specifically To lease or let (taxes, imposts, or other duties) for a term at a stated rental: generally with out.
  • To take at a certain rent or rate; take a lease of; pay a stated sum or percentage for the use, collection, etc., of.
  • To cultivate, as land; till and plant.
  • To be employed in agriculture; cultivate the soil.
  • n. Food; a meal.
  • To cleanse or empty.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. workplace consisting of farm buildings and cultivated land as a unit
  • v. collect fees or profits
  • v. cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques
  • v. be a farmer; work as a farmer
  • Equivalent
    Verb Form
    farmed    farming    farms   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    take-in    collect   
    Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    leasehold    lease    cultivated    grange    plantation    Barton    estansia    location    fazenda    farmstead   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Arm    alarm    arm    charm    disarm    forearm    harm    nonfarm    rearm    unarm   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    estate    village    garden    farmer    cottage    building    plantation    factory    house    field