farm

farm¹ W2S3 [fa:m US fa:rm] n

[Date: 1300-1400; : Old French; Origin: ferme 'rent, lease', from Latin firmus 'firm, fixed']

1.) an area of land, used for growing crops or keeping animals

▪ a 300-hectare farm

▪ farm workers

▪ farm animals

▪ Joe had worked on the farm all his life.

a pig/dairy/cattle etc farm

▪ He runs a pig farm in Lincolnshire.

2.) the main house on a farm where the farmer lives

→factory farm at ↑factory farming, ↑fish farm, ↑funny farm

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HINT sense 1

Say on a/the farm, not 'in a/the farm'.

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farm ²

farm² v [I and T]

1.) to use land for growing crops or keeping animals

▪ The family has farmed here for generations.

▪ The land has been farmed organically since 1995.

2.) farmed salmon/fish/rabbits etc

fish and animals that have been raised on farms, and not caught from the wild

farm out [farm sb/sth<=>out] phr v

1.) to send work to other people instead of doing it yourself

farm somebody/something<=>out to

▪ The processing will be farmed out to people in local villages.

2.) to send someone to a different place where they will be looked after - used to show disapproval

farm somebody/something<=>out to

▪ At the age of 16 she was farmed out to family friends.