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单词 dry-farm
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dry-farm

[ drahy-fahrm ]
/ ˈdraɪˌfɑrm /

verb (used without object)

to engage in dryland farming.

verb (used with object)

to grow (a specified crop) by means of dryland farming.

Origin of dry-farm

An Americanism dating back to 1915–20

OTHER WORDS FROM dry-farm

dry farmer, noun

Words nearby dry-farm

dry-dockage, dry drunk, dryer, dry eye, dry-eyed, dry-farm, dry farming, dry fly, dry fog, dry-footing, dry freeze
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Example sentences from the Web for dry-farm

  • It was a cinch you couldn't turn loose and dry-farm that land and have even a fair chance of reaping a harvest.

    The Flying U's Last Stand|B. M. Bower
  • I've been keeping cases pretty close on this dry-farm craze, and this stampede for claims.

    The Flying U's Last Stand|B. M. Bower
  • They say that folks can dry-farm the benches up toward the mountains—they can't, and I don't like to see nobody try it.

    The Man Next Door|Emerson Hough
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