Associations to the word «Farm»

Pictures for the word «Farm»

Wiktionary

FARM, noun. (obsolete) Food; provisions; a meal.
FARM, noun. (obsolete) A banquet; feast.
FARM, noun. (obsolete) A fixed yearly amount (food, provisions, money, etc.) payable as rent or tax.
FARM, noun. (historical) A fixed yearly sum accepted from a person as a composition for taxes or other moneys which he is empowered to collect; also, a fixed charge imposed on a town, county, etc., in respect of a tax or taxes to be collected within its limits.
FARM, noun. (historical) The letting-out of public revenue to a ‘farmer’; the privilege of farming a tax or taxes.
FARM, noun. The body of farmers of public revenues.
FARM, noun. The condition of being let at a fixed rent; lease; a lease.
FARM, noun. A tract of land held on lease for the purpose of cultivation.
FARM, noun. A place where agricultural and similar activities take place, especially the growing of crops or the raising of livestock.
FARM, noun. (usually in combination) A location used for an industrial purpose, having many similar structures
FARM, noun. (computing) A group of coordinated servers.
FARM, verb. (intransitive) To work on a farm, especially in the growing and harvesting of crops.
FARM, verb. (transitive) To devote (land) to farming.
FARM, verb. (transitive) To grow (a particular crop).
FARM, verb. To give up to another, as an estate, a business, the revenue, etc., on condition of receiving in return a percentage of what it yields; to farm out.
FARM, verb. (obsolete) To lease or let for an equivalent, e.g. land for a rent; to yield the use of to proceeds.
FARM, verb. (obsolete) To take at a certain rent or rate.
FARM, verb. (video games) (chiefly online gaming) To engage in grinding (repetitive activity) in a particular area or against specific enemies for a particular drop or item.
FARM ANIMAL, noun. (informal) An animal stereotypically found on a farm; livestock.
FARM ANIMALS, noun. Plural of farm animal
FARM NIGGER, noun. (ethnic slur) (offensive) (idiomatic) An inferior black person compared to having the intellect of a fieldhand
FARM NIGGER, noun. (dated) A slave employed in manual labor as opposed to a house nigger.
FARM NIGGERS, noun. Plural of farm nigger
FARM OUT, verb. (transitive) (idiomatic) (business) To subcontract (a task, responsibility, etc.) to another; to outsource.
FARM RUNOFF, noun. Water leaving farm fields, polluted by animal waste and excess fertilizers
FARM STALL, noun. Alternative form of farmstall
FARM STALLS, noun. Plural of farm stall
FARM TEAM, noun. (team sports) (slang) A minor league baseball, ice hockey or other sports team, especially one concerned with player development.
FARM TEAMS, noun. Plural of farm team
FARM THE STRIKE, verb. (cricket) To deliberately either score runs or decline to score runs so as to allow the best batsman to face the majority of the balls as the striker.
FARM WORKER, noun. A person who works on, but does not own, a farm; an agricultural labourer

Dictionary definition

FARM, noun. Workplace consisting of farm buildings and cultivated land as a unit; "it takes several people to work the farm".
FARM, verb. Be a farmer; work as a farmer; "My son is farming in California".
FARM, verb. Collect fees or profits.
FARM, verb. Cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques; "The Bordeaux region produces great red wines"; "They produce good ham in Parma"; "We grow wheat here"; "We raise hogs here".

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