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FARM

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Workplace consisting of farm buildings and cultivated land as a unit

Example:

it takes several people to work the farm

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("farm" is a kind of...):

work; workplace (a place where work is done)

Meronyms (parts of "farm"):

farmyard (an area adjacent to farm buildings)

farmhouse (house for a farmer and family)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "farm"):

vinery; vineyard (a farm of grapevines where wine grapes are produced)

truck farm; truck garden (a farm where vegetables are grown for market)

stud farm (a farm where horses are bred)

sheeprun; sheepwalk (farm devoted to raising sheep)

sewage farm (a farm that is irrigated and fertilized with raw sewage)

cattle farm; cattle ranch; ranch; spread (farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle))

pig farm; piggery (a farm where pigs are raised or kept)

home-farm (a farm that supplies the needs of a large estate of establishment)

grange (an outlying farm)

farm-place; farmplace; farmstead (a farm together with its buildings)

dairy; dairy farm (a farm where dairy products are produced)

croft (a small farm worked by a crofter)

chicken farm (farm where chickens are raised for sale)

Derivation:

farm (cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques)

farm (be a farmer; work as a farmer)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques

Example:

We raise hogs here

Synonyms:

farm; grow; produce; raise

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "farm" is one way to...):

cultivate (foster the growth of)

Domain category:

agriculture; farming; husbandry (the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "farm"):

carry (bear (a crop))

overproduce (produce in excess; produce more than needed or wanted)

keep (raise)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

farm (workplace consisting of farm buildings and cultivated land as a unit)

farmer (a person who operates a farm)

farming (the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Collect fees or profits

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "farm" is one way to...):

collect; take in (call for and obtain payment of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Also:

farm out (grant the services of or the temporary use of, for a fee)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Be a farmer; work as a farmer

Example:

My son is farming in California

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "farm" is one way to...):

do work; work (be employed)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "farm"):

ranch (manage or run a ranch)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

farm (workplace consisting of farm buildings and cultivated land as a unit)

farmer (a person who operates a farm)

farming (agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life)

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 Context examples: 

Scientists had previously used DNA from modern termites to estimate that termite fungus farming began 25 to 30 million years ago.

(Researchers discover oldest evidence of 'farming' by insects, NSF)

Sites with less forest cover due to human activity, such as farming, have less saturated soundscapes versus those with high forest cover, such as conservation and hunting zones.

(Scientists record the sound of intact forest, SciDev.Net)

They are wanted in the farm, Mr. Bennet, are they not?

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

This predominant method of rice farming in tropical Asia raises the water table over time to just below the ground surface.

(NASA Map Reveals a New Landslide Risk Factor, NASA)

You might think of farms as peaceful settings.

(Farm Health and Safety, Occupational Safety and Health Administration)

L. citreum is usually nonpathogenic and is commonly found in farming soil; it is used as a starter culture for the fermentation of kimchi.

(Leuconostoc citreum, NCI Thesaurus)

He has, for many years, lived in a small farm upon the Downs five miles from Eastbourne, where his time is divided between philosophy and agriculture.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“It sounds like it,” said Edmund; “but which way did you turn after passing Sewell's farm?”

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

The vast majority of Herding dogs, as household pets, never cross paths with a farm animal.

(Herding Breed, NCI Thesaurus)

He is as happy as possible by himself; with his farm, and his sheep, and his library, and all the parish to manage; and he is extremely fond of his brother's children.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)