farm
Noun:
- An area of land and its buildings used for growing crops and raising animals: A "farm" is a workplace consisting of cultivated land and associated buildings operated as a single unit for agricultural production.
- A place for breeding or raising a specific type of animal or plant: A "farm" can also refer to a facility dedicated to raising particular livestock (e.g., a fish farm) or cultivating specific produce.
Verb:
- To cultivate land; to grow crops or raise livestock: To use land for agricultural purposes, often involving specific techniques to improve yield.
- To manage or work on a farm as a business or occupation: To be engaged in the profession of farming.
- To collect or obtain something systematically: To collect fees, profits, or other returns from a managed operation.
Noun: The family owns a dairy farm in Wisconsin.She visited an organic vegetable farm to buy produce directly.
Verb: They farm the land using sustainable methods.My grandfather farmed for over fifty years.The company farms out its customer service operations.
"to farm out": To send work to be done by someone else, often an external contractor. The publisher decided to farm out the book's design to a freelance artist.
"factory farm": A large-scale industrial operation for raising livestock, often criticized for its intensive methods. The documentary exposed the conditions inside the factory farm.
Farmer (n): A person who owns or manages a farm. The farmer gets up before dawn to tend to the animals.
Farming (n): The activity or business of operating a farm. Modern farming relies heavily on technology.
Farmhouse (n): The main house on a farm. They renovated the old farmhouse.
- Plantation: A large estate or farm, especially in a tropical or subtropical region, where crops like coffee, sugar, or tobacco are cultivated.
- Ranch: A large farm, especially in North America, for raising livestock such as cattle or sheep.
- Cultivate: To prepare and use land for crops or gardening.
- Farm out: To delegate or subcontract work to others.
- "Bet the farm": To risk everything one has on a single venture.
- workplace consisting of farm buildings and cultivated land as a unit
- it takes several people to work the farm
- cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques
- The Bordeaux region produces great red wines
- They produce good ham in Parma
- We grow wheat here
- We raise hogs here
- collect fees or profits
- be a farmer; work as a farmer
- My son is farming in California