noun / verb
farm
FARM/fɑːrm/
Land used for growing crops or raising animals, or the work of using it this way.
A cow grazes beside the crop rows on the family farm.
Etymology
The rent or lease meaning explains the shift: a farm first meant a fixed payment, then a tract of leased land. It later meant cultivated land whether leased or not.
In context
this particular farm hasn't had cattle on it in years but we used to run the cattle on it
More examples
- They farm this land without using chemical pesticides.
- Her grandparents own a small dairy farm.
- She raises sheep and farms twenty acres of wheat.
Forms
farm · farms · farmed · farming
farmer noun — Someone who grows crops or raises livestock.
farmland noun — Land used for crops or livestock.