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farm¹
- /ˈfɑːm/ UK
- [ˈfɑːm] UK
- /ˈfɑɹm/ US
- [ˈfɑɹm] US
Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)m
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English ferme, farme (“rent, revenue, produce, factor, stewardship, meal, feast”), influenced by Anglo-Norman ferme (“rent, lease, farm”), from Medieval Latin ferma, firma.
There is debate as to whether Medieval Latin acquired this term from Old English feorm (“rent, provision, supplies, feast”), from Proto-Germanic *fermō, *firhuma- (“means of living, subsistence”), from Proto-Germanic *ferhwō (“life force, body, being”), from Proto-Indo-European *perkʷ- (“life, force, strength, tree”); or from Latin firmus (“solid, secure”), from Proto-Italic *fermos, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer-mo-s (“holding”), from the root *dʰer- (“to hold”). If the former etymology is correct, the term is related to Old English feorh (“life, spirit”), Icelandic fjör (“life, vitality, vigour, animation”), Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍈𐌿𐍃 (fairƕus, “the world”). Compare also Old English feormehām (“farm”), feormere (“purveyor, supplier, grocer”). Cognate with Scots ferm (“rent, farm”).
noun farms · feorm
- 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.
- A location used for an industrial purpose, having many similar structures. antenna farm; fuel farm; solar farm; wind farm
- A group of coordinated servers. a render farm
- Food; provisions; a meal.
- A banquet; feast.
- A fixed yearly amount (food, provisions, money, etc.) payable as rent or tax. If a man be bounden unto 1.s. in 100.l.£ to grant unto him the rent and farme of such a Mill.
- 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. He [the Sheriff] paid into the Exchequer the fixed yearly sum which formed the farm of the shire.
- The letting-out of public revenue to a ‘farmer’; the privilege of farming a tax or taxes. The first farm of postal income was made in 1672.
- The body of farmers of public revenues. They despair of a suppression of the Farm.
- The condition of being let at a fixed rent; lease; a lease. It is a great willfullnes in any such Land-lord to refuse to make any longer farmes unto their Tennants.
- A baby farm. Oliver’s sobs checked his utterance for some minutes; when he was on the point of beginning to relate how he had been brought up at the farm, and carried to the workhouse by Mr. Bumble, a peculiarly impatient little double-knock was heard at the street-door: and the servant, running upstairs, announ
farm²
- /ˈfɑːm/ UK
- [ˈfɑːm] UK
- /ˈfɑɹm/ US
- [ˈfɑɹm] US
Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)m
Where it comes from
From Middle English fermen, from Anglo-Norman fermer (“to let out for a fixed payment, lease, rent”) ultimately from the same Old English source as Etymology 1. Compare Old English feormian (“to feed, supply with food, sustain”).
verb farms · farming · farmed
- To work on a farm, especially in the growing and harvesting of crops.
- To devote (land) to farming.
- 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. to farm the taxes
- To lease or let for an equivalent, e.g. land for a rent; to yield the use of to proceeds. We are enforced to farm our royal realm.
- To take at a certain rent or rate. In Paris it is stated that nearly half the birth-rate of the city finds its way to nurses who farm babies in the suburbs.
- To engage in grinding (repetitive activity) in a particular area or against specific enemies for a particular drop or item. When you hit a black pudding with an iron weapon that does at least one point of damage there is a good chance it will divide into two black puddings of the same size (but half the hit points IIRC). […] When eaten black puddings confer several intrinsics so AC [armor class] is not the only potential
- To cultivate and/or disseminate through artificial algorithm-incentivized means. This type of SEO farming can be massively lucrative. Digital marketers have built an entire industry on top of credit card affiliate links, from which they then earn a generous profit.
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To act performatively or deliberately to elicit a desired response.
Similar: bait
farm³
- /ˈfɑːm/ UK
- [ˈfɑːm] UK
- /ˈfɑɹm/ US
- [ˈfɑɹm] US
Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)m
Where it comes from
From Middle English fermen, from Old English feormian (“to clean, cleanse”), from Proto-West Germanic *furbēn (“to clean, polish, buff”). Doublet of furbish.
verb farms · farming · farmed
- To cleanse; clean out; put in order; empty; empty out Farm out the stable and pigsty.
Farm⁴
proper noun the Farm
- Broadwater Farm, an area of Tottenham, North London, England. And before you mention the plans to fix up the Farm, let me tell you, all that regeneration talk is just about bulldozing the place and shipping us all out to God knows where.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: rural, raise, grow, produce, husbandry, farmland, arable, harvesting, plantation, agrarian, tillage, crop, agriculture, farmer, grower, agricultural
Translations
Every language
noun place where agricultural activities take place
| Español | finca, granja, chacra, chagra, chácara |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 농장 nongjang |
| 日本語 | 農場 nōjō |
| 中文 | 農場 /农场 nóngchǎng, 農莊 /农庄 nóngzhuāng |
| हिन्दी | खेत khet, फ़ार्म fārm, फार्म phārm |
| Kiswahili | shamba |
| Português | fazenda, sítio, granja, quinta |
| Français | ferme, domaine, exploitation agricole |
| Deutsch | Bauernhof, Farm |
| Italiano | fattoria, podere |
| Ελληνικά | αγρόκτημα agróktima |
| Română | fermă, gospodărie agricolă |
| Русский | фе́рма férma, хозя́йство xozjájstvo |
| Tiếng Việt | trang trại, nông trường |
| العربية | مَزْرَعَة mazraʕa |
| עברית | מֶשֶׁק méshek, חווה \ חַוָּה khavá |
verb to grow a particular crop
| Español | cultivar, culturar |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 種植 /种植 zhòngzhí, 耕作 gēngzuò |
| Português | cultivar, lavrar, amanhar |
| Ελληνικά | καλλιεργώ kalliergó |
verb engage in grinding
| 中文 | 刷 shuā |
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