Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A tract of land cultivated for the purpose of agricultural production.
- noun A tract of land devoted to the raising and breeding of domestic animals.
- noun An area of water devoted to the raising, breeding, or production of a specific aquatic animal.
- noun A facility for the generation of energy by converting it from a particular source, usually by means of multiple electric generators.
- noun A place where a group of similar devices or storage containers are set up.
- noun Baseball A minor-league club affiliated with a major-league club for the training of recruits and the maintenance of temporarily unneeded players.
- noun The system of leasing out the rights of collecting and retaining taxes in a certain district.
- noun A district so leased.
- intransitive verb To cultivate or produce a crop on (land).
- intransitive verb To cultivate, breed, or raise (plants or animals).
- intransitive verb To pay a fixed sum in order to have the right to collect and retain profits from (a business, for example).
- intransitive verb To turn over (a business, for example) to another in return for the payment of a fixed sum.
- intransitive verb To engage in farming.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To cleanse or empty.
- noun Food; a meal.
- noun In old English use, the revenue or rent from lands under lease; revenue, rent, or income in general, but originally chiefly in the form of natural products.
- noun The state of land leased on rent reserved; a lease; possession under lease: as, in law, to farm let, or let to farm.
- noun The system, method, or act of collecting revenue by letting out a territory in districts.
- noun A country or district let out for the collection of revenue.
- noun A tract of land devoted to general or special cultivation under a single control, whether that of its owner or of a tenant: as, a small farm; a wheat-, fruit-, dairy-, or market-farm.
- noun A farm-house; a grange; a granary.
- noun A dwelling; a habitation; a lodging.
- noun A farm or portion of a farm nearest to or surrounding the home.
- To lease, as land, at a stated rent; give a lease of, as land; let to a tenant on condition of paying rent: as, to
farm a manor. - Specifically To lease or let (taxes, imposts, or other duties) for a term at a stated rental: generally with out.
- To take at a certain rent or rate; take a lease of; pay a stated sum or percentage for the use, collection, etc., of.
- To cultivate, as land; till and plant.
- To be employed in agriculture; cultivate the soil.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To engage in the business of tilling the soil; to labor as a farmer.
- transitive verb To lease or let for an equivalent, as land for a rent; to yield the use of to proceeds.
- transitive 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.
- transitive verb To take at a certain rent or rate.
- transitive verb To devote (land) to agriculture; to cultivate, as land; to till, as a farm.
- transitive verb to lease on rent.
- noun obsolete The rent of land, -- originally paid by reservation of part of its products.
- noun obsolete The term or tenure of a lease of land for cultivation; a leasehold.
- noun The land held under lease and by payment of rent for the purpose of cultivation.
- noun Any tract of land devoted to agricultural purposes, under the management of a tenant or the owner.
- noun A district of country leased (or farmed) out for the collection of the revenues of government.
- noun (O. Eng. Law) A lease of the imposts on particular goods.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete
Food ;provisions ; ameal - noun obsolete A
banquet ;feast - noun obsolete A fixed yearly
amount (food, provisions, money, etc.) payable asrent ortax - 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.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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From her first words -- "I thank you, my loyal men, for the great service you have rendered our farm, and indeed _our _farm I consider it, for we all play our part" -- I saw hostility written on every face, and as she drank, I shuddered to think of what might be said when we had departed that could not be spat out in our presence.
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From her first words -- "I thank you, my loyal men, for the great service you have rendered our farm, and indeed _our _farm I consider it, for we all play our part" -- I saw hostility written on every face, and as she drank, I shuddered to think of what might be said when we had departed that could not be spat out in our presence.
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The word farm comes from the Latin word, firma, which means an unchanging payment.
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The word farm comes from the Latin word, firma, which means an unchanging payment.
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Since the sixteenth century, the word farm has meant agricultural land.
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But a much older meaning of the word farm is linked to economics.
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What distinguishes a Demeter certified Biodynamic farm from a certified organic farm is that, in its entirety, a Demeter Biodynamic farm is managed as a living organism.
WBW #29: Shinn Estate Vineyards 2004 Cabernet Franc (North Fork) 2007
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A "finca" is perhaps the closest to the term farm in its European sense, a few acres including a few fields and some cattle. "hacienda" has an old tenure connotation, a certain prestige even if the "hacienda" lost most of its glamour and lands!
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Cows, sheep, chickens etc are FARMED for their meet - hence the term farm animals.
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Readers will appreciate the latest Langslow tale as snakes on the farm is a fun lighthearted frolic.
Cockatiels at Seven-Donna Andrews « The Merry Genre Go Round Reviews 2008
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