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noun: farm; plural noun: farms
- an area of land and its buildings, used for growing crops and rearing animals."a farm of 100 acres"Similar:smallholdingholdingfarmsteadsteadinggrangeplantationestatefarmlandlandacreageacresvineyardcroftranchstationpenshambatope
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verb: farm; 3rd person present: farms; past tense: farmed; past participle: farmed; gerund or present participle: farming
- 1.make one's living by growing crops or keeping livestock."he has farmed organically for years"Similar:be a farmerpractise farmingcultivate/till/work the landtill the soilrear livestockdo agricultural work
- 2.historicalallow someone to collect and keep the revenues from (a tax) on payment of a fee."the customs had been farmed to the collector for a fixed sum"
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FARM | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
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5 days ago — to use land for growing crops or keeping animals as a business: [ I/T ] Their family has farmed (this land) for three generations.
Farm - Wikipedia
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A farm 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 ...
Farm Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
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17 Dec 2022 — noun ; 1 · a sum or due fixed in amount and payable at fixed intervals ; 2 · a letting out of revenues or taxes for a fixed sum to one authorized to ...
Farm Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com
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a tract of land, usually with a house, barn, silo, etc., on which crops and often livestock are raised for livelihood. · land or water devoted to the raising of ...
Farm definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
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1. countable noun A1. 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 ...
Farm - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com
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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.
farm - Wiktionary
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NounEdit · A place where agricultural and similar activities take place, especially the growing of crops or the raising of livestock. · A tract of land held on ...
What is a Farm? | Farms for Kids | Twinkl Teaching Wiki
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A farm is a piece of land used to grow crops and/or raise animals for produce. People who grow this produce are called “farmers”, and their work is called “ ...
What is a farm? - 4-H Learning Network
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4 Sept 2019 — A farm is an area of land where livestock (animals) are raised and crops (plants) are grown for use as food, fiber, and fuel.
4 Conceptual Issues: Defining Farming, Farms, Farmers, and ...
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To summarize, farming is the characteristic activity that takes place on a farm, and typically it involves the management of a biological process, such as ...