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farm
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- pronunciation:
- farm
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a parcel of land and the buildings on it used for agricultural activities.
- synonyms:
- farmstead, grange, homestead
- similar words:
- plantation, ranch, rancho, spread, truck farm
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| definition 2: |
a tract of land or quantity of water used to raise crops or animals.
a wheat farman oyster farm- similar words:
- orchard, plantation, spread, tract, truck farm
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ground |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
farms, farming, farmed |
| definition 1: |
to cultivate (land) or raise (animals).
They had to drain the swamp before they could farm the land.For years he farmed pigs, but now he's only raising crops.
- synonyms:
- cultivate
- similar words:
- culture, husband, raise, till, work
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| definition 2: |
to contract (work) with others (fol. by "out").
We thought it would be faster and more effiicent to farm out the job to someone else rather than do it ourselves.- similar words:
- contract, hire out, job out, subcontract
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array |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to raise crops or animals.
He farms for a living.- similar words:
- till, work
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some activities in farming |
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breed, butcher, cultivate, fertilize, fleece, graft, grow, harvest, irrigate, market, mow, plant, plow, prune, raise, reap, shear, slaughter, sow, thresh, till, weed |
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