farm
1 of 2noun
ˈfärm 
often attributive
1
obsolete : 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 collect and retain them
3
: a district or division of a country leased out for the collection of government revenues
4
: a tract of land devoted to agricultural purposes
5
a
: a plot of land devoted to the raising of animals and especially domestic livestock
b
: a tract of water reserved for the artificial cultivation of some aquatic life form
a fish farm
6
: a minor-league team (as in baseball) associated with a major-league team as a subsidiary
7
: an area containing a number of similar structures or objects (such as radio antennas or storage tanks)
farm
2 of 2verb
farmed; farming; farms
transitive verb
1
obsolete : rent
2
: to collect and take the fees or profits of (an occupation or business) on payment of a fixed sum
3
: to give up (something, such as an estate or a business) to another on condition of receiving in return a fixed sum
4
a
: to devote to agriculture
b
: to manage and cultivate as a farm
c
: to grow or cultivate in quantity
farm trees for fuel
farm salmon
intransitive verb
: to engage in raising crops or animals
Synonyms
Noun
- estate
- farmstead
- grange
- ranch
Verb
- cultivate
- tend
- till
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
Noun She grew up on a dairy farm. Running a farm is hard work. Verb My uncle has been farming this land for 60 years. My uncle has been farming on this land for 60 years.
Recent Examples on the Web
Elaine Rewolinski, Journal Sentinel, 10 Sep. 2022 An urban farm, by contrast, can grow all kinds of crops packed closely together because they’re harvested by hand. WIRED, 10 Sep. 2022 Southwest of Sacramento, the branching arms of waterways reach into a patchwork of farm fields and pastures. Ian Jamesstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2022 One room was dedicated to the women who, after the departure of the men, were often left to juggle household and farm work. Sylvie Bigar, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2022 Buy a plant or two on a 32-acre organic farm on Sauvie Island. oregonlive, 9 Sep. 2022 The Imperial Valley region, home to one of the nation's most productive farm belts, is bracing for serious damage. Allison Chinchar, CNN, 9 Sep. 2022 With only three major players here, taking GE’s modern offshore turbine off the market could complicate life in a big way for US wind-farm developers. Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Sep. 2022 Antique farm and mining machinery, along with antique vehicles, will be displayed. Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep. 2022 Sarah Ferguson, Forbes, 16 June 2022 Moore said one of his priorities is protecting the tribes' agricultural future by engaging with other entities and adopting technology to conserve water and continue to farm in a changing climate. AZCentral.com, 8 Aug. 2022 Many villagers walk to farm their fields, which are entirely organic. New York Times, 11 July 2022 Among the Wampanoag, rights to use the same plot of land could overlap, so that one family might hold the right to fish in a stream and another might hold the right to farm the banks of that stream. Eula Biss, The New Yorker, 8 June 2022 As the world continues to get smaller and increasingly more connected, Andy Rosen and Kaplan work to farm an ecosystem built on tradition. Rod Berger, Forbes, 7 June 2022 Brothers Glenn and Mark Beck are fourth-generation farmers and have children who are willing and ready to become the fifth to farm the family’s land, which stretches across six counties, including citrus groves in Orange, Lake and Osceola. Abigail Hasebroock, Orlando Sentinel, 21 July 2022 Saban historian Will Johnson's father used to farm Flat Point on ground owned by his grandfather. Nicola Chilton, CNN, 8 July 2022 The story behind the old Renteria farmhouse stretches back to the 1940s, when Renteria’s grandfather arrived from Mexico, determined to farm an arid patch of desert near the New Mexico border. Susan Carroll, NBC News, 1 July 2022 See More
Noun
Seasonal cooking classes, local farm products, makers and vendors. Elaine Rewolinski, Journal Sentinel, 10 Sep. 2022 An urban farm, by contrast, can grow all kinds of crops packed closely together because they’re harvested by hand. WIRED, 10 Sep. 2022 Southwest of Sacramento, the branching arms of waterways reach into a patchwork of farm fields and pastures. Ian Jamesstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2022 One room was dedicated to the women who, after the departure of the men, were often left to juggle household and farm work. Sylvie Bigar, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2022 Buy a plant or two on a 32-acre organic farm on Sauvie Island. oregonlive, 9 Sep. 2022 The Imperial Valley region, home to one of the nation's most productive farm belts, is bracing for serious damage. Allison Chinchar, CNN, 9 Sep. 2022 With only three major players here, taking GE’s modern offshore turbine off the market could complicate life in a big way for US wind-farm developers. Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Sep. 2022 Antique farm and mining machinery, along with antique vehicles, will be displayed. Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep. 2022 Verb
Atsma took advantage of a break in the fighting to farm his land. Sarah Ferguson, Forbes, 16 June 2022 Moore said one of his priorities is protecting the tribes' agricultural future by engaging with other entities and adopting technology to conserve water and continue to farm in a changing climate. AZCentral.com, 8 Aug. 2022 Many villagers walk to farm their fields, which are entirely organic. New York Times, 11 July 2022 Among the Wampanoag, rights to use the same plot of land could overlap, so that one family might hold the right to fish in a stream and another might hold the right to farm the banks of that stream. Eula Biss, The New Yorker, 8 June 2022 As the world continues to get smaller and increasingly more connected, Andy Rosen and Kaplan work to farm an ecosystem built on tradition. Rod Berger, Forbes, 7 June 2022 Brothers Glenn and Mark Beck are fourth-generation farmers and have children who are willing and ready to become the fifth to farm the family’s land, which stretches across six counties, including citrus groves in Orange, Lake and Osceola. Abigail Hasebroock, Orlando Sentinel, 21 July 2022 Saban historian Will Johnson's father used to farm Flat Point on ground owned by his grandfather. Nicola Chilton, CNN, 8 July 2022 The story behind the old Renteria farmhouse stretches back to the 1940s, when Renteria’s grandfather arrived from Mexico, determined to farm an arid patch of desert near the New Mexico border. Susan Carroll, NBC News, 1 July 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English ferme, from Anglo-French, from fermer to fix, rent, from Latin firmare to make firm, from firmus firm
First Known Use
Noun
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb
15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1
Phrases Containing farm
Kids Definition
farm 1 of 2
noun
ˈfärm
1
: a piece of land used for growing crops or raising animals
2
: an area of water where fish or shellfish are grown
farm
2 of 2verb
farmed; farming
1
: to use for raising crops or animals
They farm the land.
2
: to work on or run a farm
farmers
noun
as in cultivators
a person who cultivates the land and grows crops on it a young farmer whose family has been growing wheat for many generations Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- cultivators
- growers
- agriculturists
- harvesters
- agriculturalists
- agronomists
- planters
- ranchers
- tillers
- farmhands
- reapers
- sharecroppers
- croppers
- homesteaders
- gleaners
- plowmen
- tenant farmers
- crofters
- gentlemen farmers
- subsistence farmers
- yeomen
- ranchmen
- campesinos
- grangers
- field hands
- workfolks
- nesters
- rancheros
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- nonfarmers