farm
noun [ C ]
PRODUCTION uk/fɑːm/ usan area of land, usually with fields and buildings, used for raising animals and growing crops as a business:
My family has worked on this farm for generations.
farm building/machinery/equipment etc. Pieces of rusting farm equipment lay abandoned in the long grass.
farm worker/labourer Farm workers' wages fell sharply towards the end of the century.
a sheep/pig/dairy etc. farm His parents ran a small but profitable dairy farm.
a place where fish or other animals are bred:
a trout/fish/salmon etc. farm
Animal Rights activists demonstrated outside a local puppy farm last weekend.
See also
cube farm
factory farm
truck farm
wind farm
farm
verb [ I or T ]
PRODUCTION uk/fɑːm/ usto use land to grow crops, raise animals, etc.:
This area has been farmed for thousands of years.
Phrasal verb
farm sth out