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Noun: farm  faa(r)m
  1. Workplace consisting of farm buildings and cultivated land as a unit
    "it takes several people to work the farm"
     
  2. An area of land or water used to cultivate specific crops, raise livestock or fish, or hold or produce other commercial products
    "wind farm"; "salmon farm"
     
  3. (computing) a group of computers used for some coordinated purposes
    "a server farm"
Verb: farm  faa(r)m
  1. Be a farmer; work as a farmer
    "My son is farming in California"
     
  2. (farming) cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques
    "We farm wheat here";
    - grow, raise, produce
     
  3. Collect fees or profits

Derived forms: farming, farms, farmed

See also: hire out

Type of: collect, cultivate, do work, take in, work, workplace

Encyclopedia: Farm, Lawrence