farm

farm1 [ farm ] noun count ***

1. ) an area of land used for growing crops or keeping animals:

on a farm: Patrick worked on a neighboring farm.

a ) only before noun used on or belonging to a farm:

farm buildings/machinery/implements

farm animals/produce

farm workers/laborers

b ) a place where a particular type of animal is produced in order to be sold:

a fish farm

2. ) a FARMHOUSE:

Visitors often came to the farm on weekends.

farm

farm 2 [ farm ] verb intransitive or transitive *

to use land for growing crops or keeping animals:

They've been farming in the area all their lives.

The land was farmed intensively.

,farm `out phrasal verb transitive

1. ) to send part of your work to be done by people outside a company:

We could always farm the typing out to freelancers.

2. ) to send someone to be looked after by someone else:

She farmed out all the children to a childminder.