farm
Meaning in simple English
US /fɑrm/ · UK /fɑːm/
farm means: A place where people grow crops or keep animals for food or other products.
noun
A place where people grow crops or keep animals for food or other products.
- We visited a farm yesterday.
- Their farm produces apples and milk.
- Many small farms sell food directly to local families.
A site with many similar structures or machines used together for an industrial purpose.
- A wind farm stands on the hill.
- The new solar farm supplies electricity to nearby villages.
- Fuel is stored in a tank farm beside the airport.
A group of computers that work together to provide services or process large amounts of information.
- The company runs a server farm.
- Our film was processed by a render farm.
- The farm needs powerful cooling equipment to prevent overheating.
verb
To use land to grow crops or raise animals for food or other products.
- Her family farms this land.
- They farmed sheep for many years.
- Can you farm successfully without chemical sprays?
To repeat tasks in a video game to collect useful items, money, or points.
- I farm gold after each battle.
- She farmed the same enemies for an hour.
- Where can we farm rare weapons?
To let someone run property, a business, or tax collection in exchange for a share of the money.
- The king chose to farm the taxes.
- The owner farmed his estate to a local businessman.
- They farmed out the revenues in return for a fixed share.
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