farm
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
farm (noun)1.
obsolete a sum or due fixed in amount and payable at fixed intervals
2.
a letting out of revenues or taxes for a fixed sum to one authorized to collect and retain them
3.
a district or division of a country leased out for the collection of government revenues
4.
a tract of land devoted to agricultural purposes
5.
a) a plot of land devoted to the raising of animals and especially domestic livestock
b) a tract of water reserved for the artificial cultivation of some aquatic life form - a fish farm
6.
a minor-league team (as in baseball) associated with a major-league team as a subsidiary
7.
an area containing a number of similar structures or objects (as radio antennas or storage tanks)
transitive verb
1.
obsolete - rent
2.
to collect and take the fees or profits of (an occupation or business) on payment of a fixed sum
3.
to give up (as an estate or a business) to another on condition of receiving in return a fixed sum
4.
a) to devote to agriculture
b) to manage and cultivate as a farm
intransitive verb
c) to grow or cultivate in quantity - farm trees for fuel farm salmon to engage in raising crops or animals
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
farm (noun)a piece of land and its buildings used to grow crops or raise livestock
SYNONYMS:
estate, farmstead, grange, ranchRELATED WORDS:
cropland, farmland, farmyard; farmhouse, hacienda, homestead, manor, plantation, spread; croft [], smallholding [], station, steading; garden, orchardto work by plowing, sowing, and raising crops on
SYNONYMS:
cultivate, tend, tillRELATED WORDS:
crop, plant; harvest, reap; harrow, hoe; sharecrop
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