farm
A place where agricultural and similar activities take place, especially the growing of crops or the raising of livestock.
Noun 4 meanings
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”
Verb 4 meanings
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”
Etymology
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.
FARM at a glance
FARM has 4 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (F 4 + A 1 + R 1 + M 3) and 10 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,777 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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