farm
Meaning of farm
noun
- an area of land and its buildings, used for growing crops and rearing animals.
a farm of 100 acres
farm workers
- make one's living by growing crops or keeping livestock.
he has farmed organically for years
- send out or subcontract work to others.
it saves time and money to farm out some writing work to specialized companies
- allow 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
Middle English: from Old French ferme, from medieval Latin firma ‘fixed payment’, from Latin firmare ‘fix, settle’ (in medieval Latin ‘contract for’), from firmus ‘constant, firm’; compare with firm2. The noun originally denoted a fixed annual amount payable as rent or tax; this is reflected in farm (sense 3 of the verb), which later gave rise to ‘to subcontract’ (farm (sense 2 of the verb)). The noun came to denote a lease, and, in the early 16th century, land leased for farming. The verb sense ‘grow crops or keep livestock’ dates from the early 19th century.
Information about farm
- The plural form of farm is: farms.
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Hyphenation of farm
farm
- It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
- farm is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
farm synonyms
Meaning grow:
Meaning an agricultural holding smaller than a farm:
Meaning an area of land held by lease:
Meaning a farm and its buildings:
Meaning a farm and its buildings; a farmstead:
Meaning a country house with farm buildings attached:
Meaning an estate on which crops such as coffee, sugar, and tobacco are grown:
Meaning a property where coffee, rubber, grapes, or other crops are cultivated:
Meaning land used for farming:
Meaning the part of the earth's surface that is not covered by water:
Meaning an area of land, typically when used for agricultural purposes, but not necessarily measured in acres:
Meaning a unit of land area equal to 4,840 square yards (0.405 hectare):
Meaning a plantation of grapevines, typically producing grapes used in winemaking:
Meaning a small rented farm, especially one in Scotland, comprising a plot of arable land attached to a house and with a right of pasturage held in common with other such farms:
Meaning a large farm, especially in North America or Australia, where cattle or other animals are bred:
Meaning a large sheep or cattle farm:
Meaning an instrument for writing or drawing with ink, typically consisting of a metal nib or ball, or a nylon tip, fitted into a metal or plastic holder:
Meaning (in East Africa) a cultivated plot of ground; a farm or plantation:
Meaning drink alcohol to excess, especially on a regular basis:
Meaning obtain (goods or a service) by contract from an outside supplier:
Meaning employ a firm or person outside one's company to do (work) as part of a larger project:
Meaning entrust (a task or responsibility) to another person, typically one who is less senior than oneself:
Translation of farm
- French: ferme, cultiver, élevage
- Spanish: granja, fundo, cultivar, criadero
- Portuguese: quinta, cultivar
- Italian: fattoria, masseria, coltivare, allevamento
- German: Zucht
Anagrams of farm
Words that rhyme with farm
aquafarm, birdfarm, studfarm, homefarm, nonfarm, superfarm, dryfarm
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