FARM


Meaning of FARM in English

I. ˈfärm, ˈfȧm transitive verb

( -ed/-ing/-s )

Etymology: Middle English fermen, from Old English feormian to cleanse; akin to Old High German āfermī filth

dialect England : cleanse , empty

II. noun

( -s )

Usage: often attributive

Etymology: Middle English ferme rent, lease, from Old French, lease, from fermer to make a contract, fix, fasten, from Latin firmare to make firm, from firmus firm — more at firm

1. obsolete : a sum or due fixed in amount and payable at fixed intervals (as by way of rent or tax)

2.

a. : a fixed sum payable at set intervals (as yearly) by a person in lieu of taxes or other dues that he has authority to collect

b. : a sum assessed upon a municipality or place as the amount to be paid from taxes to be collected within its limits

c. : a letting out of revenues or taxes for a fixed sum to one authorized to collect and retain them

d. : the farmers of public revenues

3.

a. : the condition of being let out at a fixed rent

b. obsolete : lease

4. : a district or division of a country leased out for the collection of the revenues of government

5.

a. : a piece of land held under lease for cultivation

b. : any tract of land whether consisting of one or more parcels devoted to agricultural purposes generally under the management of a tenant or the owner : any parcel or group of parcels of land cultivated as a unit

6.

a. : a plot of land devoted to the raising of domestic or other animals

a chicken farm

a fox farm

b. : a tract of water reserved for the artificial cultivation of some aquatic life-form

an oyster farm

c. : tree farm

7. : farmhouse — obs. except in proper names

8.

a. : farmer 5 — used with the

b. : the pool in the game of farmer

9. : a minor-league baseball club associated with a major-league club as a subsidiary to which recruits are assigned until needed or for further training

10. : a rurally located rest home for alcoholics or other psychiatric patients

III. verb

( -ed/-ing/-s )

Etymology: Middle English fermen, from ferme, n.

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 (as an estate, a business, or the revenue) to another on condition of receiving in return a fixed sum

4. : to contract for the maintenance and care of (a person or thing) at a fixed price

the town farms its paupers

— see farm out

5.

a. : to devote (land) to agriculture

they decided to clear and farm the north forty

b. : to manage and cultivate (land) as a farm

he farmed a small holding beside the river

intransitive verb

: to engage in the business of raising crops or livestock

he farmed for nearly 50 years

: manage or conduct a farm : work as a farmer

IV. noun

: an area containing a number of similar structures (as radio antennas or storage tanks)

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