farm

Universal Words noun, verb noun 1 an area of land, and the buildings on it, used for growing crops and/or keeping animals: a 200-acre farm * a farm worker / labourer * farm buildings / machinery * to live / work on a farm 2 the main house on a farm, where the farmer lives 3 (especially in compounds) a place where particular fish or animals are bred: a trout / mink / pig farm seealsoBATTERYFARM, COLLECTIVEFARM, DAIRY, FACTORYFARM, HEALTHFARM, TRUCKFARM, WINDFARM verb to use land for growing crops and/or keeping animals: [V] The family has farmed in Kent for over two hundred years. * [VN] They farm dairy cattle. * He farmed 200 acres of prime arable land. * organically farmed produce PHRASALVERBS farm sb<->out (to sb) (BrE, disapproving) to arrange for sb to be cared for by other people: Her children were farmed out at an early age to childminders. farm sb/sth<->out to sb to send out work for other people to do: The company farms out a lot of work to freelancers.