farm
- noun
- /fɑrm/
- At the old farm, we raised sheep and tended to a vegetable garden.
- family farm
- a small farm
- a large farm
I grew up on a farm outside of Anniston, AL.
- I grew up on a farm outside of Anniston, AL.
- Just less than two years after we met at the farm, we were married.
- No farm is permanent, so all farms are continuously changing.
- And we go to a horse farm and just try to blend in.
- You can just go to a farm and hug a cow.
- Just old McDonald had farm, doesn't have farm anymore.
- So I have a larger farm that I tend to monthly.
Examples
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In 1847, his father bought him a 70-acre farm on the Connecticut coast.
Academic text (2011) -
I'm gonna get a nice little farm and a nice little wife and settle down.
Fiction book (1990) -
It's got a nice little farm shop, little coffee shop.
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Just less than two years after we met at the farm, we were married.
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You said you wanted a farm some day.
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I found a map with the farm marked on it, but not the house.
Fiction book (1990) -
And on his farm, he had some ducks...
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His grandfather did have a farm closest by.
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We have a big farm ranch in San Diego.
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I may be a poor farm girl, Howard, but I'm not stupid.
Synonyms
A large farm where people raise cattle or horses
Land where people grow crops or raise animals
The main group of buildings on a farm and the land around them
A farm near a large house that supplies it with food
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Compounds
- Specialized
An area of land or sea with many tall machines that make electricity from wind
A very large place where people keep many animals in small spaces to make meat, milk, or eggs
- Archaic
A large farm where many people work together, usually run by the government
- Offensive
An informal name for a place where people stay to lose weight by diet and exercise
- Slur
An extremely offensive insulting word for Black people originally used for farm workers
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Etymology
Farm first meant the 'fixed payment' for use of land, but people soon used the same word for the land itself. That's why a farm today is the area, with fields and buildings, used for growing crops and keeping animals.