FARM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does farm mean? 

• FARM (noun)
  The noun FARM has 1 sense:

1. workplace consisting of farm buildings and cultivated land as a unit

  Familiarity information: FARM used as a noun is very rare.

• FARM (verb)
  The verb FARM has 3 senses:

1. be a farmer; work as a farmer

2. collect fees or profits

3. cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques

  Familiarity information: FARM used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FARM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Workplace consisting of farm buildings and cultivated land as a unit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Context example:

it takes several people to work the farm

Hypernyms ("farm" is a kind of...):

work; workplace (a place where work is done)

Meronyms (parts of "farm"):

farmyard (an area adjacent to farm buildings)

farmhouse (house for a farmer and family)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "farm"):

croft (a small farm worked by a crofter)

vinery; vineyard (a farm of grapevines where wine grapes are produced)

truck farm; truck garden (a farm where vegetables are grown for market)

stud farm (a farm where horses are bred)

sheeprun; sheepwalk (farm devoted to raising sheep)

sewage farm (a farm that is irrigated and fertilized with raw sewage)

cattle farm; cattle ranch; ranch; spread (farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle))

pig farm; piggery (a farm where pigs are raised or kept)

home-farm (a farm that supplies the needs of a large estate of establishment)

grange (an outlying farm)

farm-place; farmplace; farmstead (a farm together with its buildings)

dairy; dairy farm (a farm where dairy products are produced)

chicken farm (farm where chickens are raised for sale)

Derivation:

farm (cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques)

farm (be a farmer; work as a farmer)

• FARM (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they farm    ... he / she / it farms   
Past simple: farmed   
Past participle: farmed   
-ing form: farming   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Be a farmer; work as a farmer

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Context example:

My son is farming in California

Hypernyms (to "farm" is one way to...):

do work; work (be employed)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "farm"):

ranch (manage or run a ranch)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

farm (workplace consisting of farm buildings and cultivated land as a unit)

farmer (a person who operates a farm)

farming (agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Collect fees or profits

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "farm" is one way to...):

collect; take in (call for and obtain payment of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Also:

farm out (grant the services of or the temporary use of, for a fee)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

farm; grow; produce; raise

Context example:

We raise hogs here

Hypernyms (to "farm" is one way to...):

cultivate (foster the growth of)

Domain category:

agriculture; farming; husbandry (the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "farm"):

carry (bear (a crop))

overproduce (produce in excess; produce more than needed or wanted)

keep (raise)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

farm (workplace consisting of farm buildings and cultivated land as a unit)

farmer (a person who operates a farm)

farming (the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock)

 Context examples 

As they advanced the ground became rougher and hillier, for there were no farms nor houses in this country of the West, and the ground was untilled.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

Burning forest to make land suitable for farming or to rear livestock is a widespread practice in many parts of the developing world.

(Lung damage from agricultural fires probed, SciDev.Net)

Intensive farming also plays a major role.

(Oceans running out of oxygen at unprecedented rate, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

It found that dietary changes, improved farm management, and waste reduction will be necessary to avoid famine and farmland depletion in the future.

(Model shows pathway to feeding the world, SciDev.Net)

Adults should make sure children who visit farms or petting zoos wash up as well.

(Animal Diseases and Your Health, NIH)

One of the farms which he held, that of Hatherley, was let to Mr. Charles McCarthy, who was also an ex-Australian.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Thought to be wild albino in origin, this strain was obtained by Carworth farms from a Missouri laboratory.

(CF-1 Mouse, NCI Thesaurus)

However, the drugs turn farm animals into major sources of antibiotic resistance.

(Eat less meat to cut drug resistance, SciDev.Net)

They then assessed control strategies for large and small farms under three scenarios: no management of disease, management without crop rotation and management with crop rotation.

(Researchers model ways to control deadly maize disease, SciDev.Net)

Previous research shows that the timing and rate at which snow melts can affect the amount and quality of water available for vegetation, farming and fishing.

(Earlier snowmelt decreases streamflow, reduces forests' ability to regulate atmospheric carbon dioxide, NSF)