farm

IPA: fˈɑrm

A place where agricultural and similar activities take place, especially the growing of crops or the raising of livestock.
A tract of land held on lease for the purpose of cultivation.
(often in combination) A location used for an industrial purpose, having many similar structures.
(computing) A group of coordinated servers.
(obsolete) Food; provisions; a meal.
(obsolete) A banquet; feast.
(obsolete) A fixed yearly amount (food, provisions, money, etc.) payable as rent or tax.
(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.
(historical) The letting-out of public revenue to a ‘farmer’; the privilege of farming a tax or taxes.
The body of farmers of public revenues.
The condition of being let at a fixed rent; lease; a lease.
(historical) A baby farm.
(UK, slang) Broadwater Farm, an area of Tottenham, North London, England.

(intransitive) To work on a farm, especially in the growing and harvesting of crops.
(transitive) To devote (land) to farming.
(transitive) To grow (a particular crop).
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.
(obsolete, transitive) To lease or let for an equivalent, e.g. land for a rent; to yield the use of to proceeds.
(obsolete, transitive) To take at a certain rent or rate.
(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.
(UK, dialectal) To cleanse; clean out; put in order; empty; empty out

Examples of "farm" in Sentences

But a much older meaning of the word farm is linked to economics.
Since the sixteenth century, the word farm has meant agricultural land.
The word farm comes from the Latin word, firma, which means an unchanging payment.
Cows, sheep, chickens etc are FARMED for their meet - hence the term farm animals.
Readers will appreciate the latest Langslow tale as snakes on the farm is a fun lighthearted frolic.
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.
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!
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.