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to farm

to farm

42 1.0
To grow crops or raise animals for food
  • verb
  • /fɑrm/
translation icon : cultivar
  • They decided to farm the land together to grow vegetables for the local market.
  • farmed salmon
  • farmed salmon production
  • supply of farmed salmon

So it was really crucial to actually farm these allotment plots.

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Examples

  • When I was a kid, I always wanted to fix it up and farm it just right.

  • I farm sheep up Dunnerdale way.

  • This is how you farm in America.

  • Will you stay and farm it yourself?

  • Now we can farm our land.

  • My people farm, you know.

  • For part of every busy year, Nancy helps to farm her family land in northern Utah.

    Academic text (1999)
  • They all go down and help that guy farm his land.

  • Back in the day, my dad farmed it with horses.

  • His dad, Pinky Jackson, farmed and counted on the winter wheat crop to feed his family.

    Fiction book (1998)

Synonyms

to raise
vsto farm
1.4

To care for and help a child, animal, or plant grow

includes working land as well as caring for animals for production
to grow
vsto farm
801 1.0

Plant and care for crops or plants for food

includes both land work and animal rearing for commercial output
to produce
vsto farm
  • Specialized
480 3.0

To grow plants or crops for food

is broader covering both land work and animal production overall
to cultivate
vsto farm
38 4.0

To prepare land for growing crops

also covers animal care and full agricultural production beyond soil work

Antonyms

773 3.1

Leave someone or something behind permanently and without care

100 3.5

Not caring for someone or something that needs care

Idioms

5 9.9

To die suddenly, often in an accident or during fighting

Phrasal Verbs

7 4.9

To pay another person or company to do work for you

Compounds

25 1.1

A person who works on a farm doing jobs like planting or harvesting

22 1.0

An animal kept on a farm for food or work such as cows and chickens

18 1.7

A boy who grew up living and working on a farm

wind farm
  • Specialized
17 3.7

An area of land or sea with many tall machines that make electricity from wind

14 1.8

A farm where cows are kept to produce milk and make cheese and butter

farm bill
  • Formal
12 3.7

A law that sets rules and payments for farming and food prices

6 3.5

A very large place where people keep many animals in small spaces to make meat, milk, or eggs

6 2.3

A girl who grew up on a farm and helps care for animals and plants

6 1.4

A place where people keep and raise pigs for meat

5 2.7

A place where people raise fish in tanks or ponds for food

collective farm
  • Archaic
4 6.3

A large farm where many people work together, usually run by the government

funny farm
  • Slur
4 9.9

A hospital for people with serious mental health problems

4 3.0

An area where people grow trees to sell for wood or as Christmas trees

3 1.9

A place where people raise chickens for meat or eggs

Food that comes directly from local farms with few middle sellers

farm team
  • Jargon
3 4.0

A minor-league team that trains young players for a major team

1 1.6

A farm where cows are raised for meat, milk or other products

A building on a farm used to keep animals, crops, or farm tools

pot farm
  • NSFW
1 8.1

A place where people often secretly grow marijuana

farm club
  • Jargon
1 5.4

A small sports team owned by a big team to train players

fat farm
  • Offensive
1 8.4

An informal name for a place where people stay to lose weight by diet and exercise

1 6.8

A place in the countryside where people who broke the law live and work on farms

tank farm
  • Specialized
1 5.1

An area of land where large metal containers store oil or other liquids

1 4.0

A farm where people breed horses, often for racing

1 1.8

A strong calm horse that works on a farm

1 5.3

A farm that grows vegetables and other food to sell at markets

clip farm
  • Jargon
8.1

A company that makes many short social media videos

A mild white cheese made on small farms from the solid part of sour skim milk

Farm Credit System
  • Specialized
4.2

A group of banks owned by farmers that lend money to farms

A vehicle like a tractor that helps plow, plant, or harvest crops on a farm

9.9

An extremely offensive insulting word for Black people originally used for farm workers

home farm
  • Archaic
4.2

A farm near a large house that supplies it with food

6.7

A farm where people use waste water to water and fertilize crops

How Interactive

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243 3.4

Surface Forms

farm infinitive
farmed past
farmed past participle
farming present participle
farms third person singular

Etymology

Farm comes from an old word for a 'fixed payment' you made to use land, which is related to the English word firm meaning 'fixed'. Over time that idea moved to the land and the work done there, so to farm is to work the land or raise animals.