farm

Plural: farms

Noun

workplace consisting of farm buildings and cultivated land as a unit
- "it takes several people to work the farm"
A place where agricultural and similar activities take place, especially the growing of crops or the raising of livestock.
A tract of land held on lease for the purpose of cultivation.
A location used for an industrial purpose, having many similar structures.
A group of coordinated servers.
Food; provisions; a meal.
A banquet; feast.
A fixed yearly amount (food, provisions, money, etc.) payable as rent or tax.
A fixed yearly sum accepted from a person as a composition for taxes or other moneys which he is empowered to collect; also, a fixed charge imposed on a town, county, etc., in respect of a tax or taxes to be collected within its limits.
The letting-out of public revenue to a ‘farmer’; the privilege of farming a tax or taxes.
The body of farmers of public revenues.
The condition of being let at a fixed rent; lease; a lease.
A baby farm.

Verb

Verb Forms: farmed, farming, farms

To cultivate land or raise livestock for food.
be a farmer; work as a farmer
- "My son is farming in California"
collect fees or profits
cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques
To work on a farm, especially in the growing and harvesting of crops.
To devote (land) to farming.
To grow (a particular crop).
To give up to another, as an estate, a business, the revenue, etc., on condition of receiving in return a percentage of what it yields; to farm out.
To lease or let for an equivalent, e.g. land for a rent; to yield the use of to proceeds.
To take at a certain rent or rate.
To engage in grinding (repetitive activity) in a particular area or against specific enemies for a particular drop or item.
To engage in grinding (repetitive activity) in a particular area or against specific enemies for a particular drop or item.
To do the same action repeatedly or coordinately on a large scale, in order to attain a result in a way that is considered nonstandard (initially innovative) but usually frowned upon and considered cheating.
To cleanse; clean out; put in order; empty; empty out

Examples

a render farm
a server farm
antenna farm; fuel farm; solar farm; wind farm
Farm out the stable and pigsty.
The monetization of trending content creators on various platforms has enabled lucrative schemes for cheating the Algorithm, whereby a user may farm likes, views and shares with hired sock accounts and usually bots; though legislation is in its infancy, farming of course carries the risk of a permanent ban.
to farm the taxes
What she lacked in aura and personality she made up for by farming likes on her profile.
You must FARM your letters wisely to grow your score in Words With Friends.

Origin / Etymology

Inherited from Middle English ferme, farme (“rent, revenue, produce, factor, stewardship, meal, feast”), influenced by Anglo-Norman ferme (“rent, lease, farm”), from Medieval Latin ferma, firma. There is debate as to whether Medieval Latin acquires this term from Old English feorm (“rent, provision, supplies, feast”), from Proto-Germanic *fermō, *firhuma- (“means of living, subsistence”), from Proto-Germanic *ferhwō (“life force, body, being”), from Proto-Indo-European *perkʷ- (“life, force, strength, tree”), or from Latin firmus (“solid, secure”), from Proto-Italic *fermos, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer-mo-s (“holding”), from the root *dʰer- (“to hold”). If the former etymology is correct, the term is related to Old English feorh (“life, spirit”), Icelandic fjör (“life, vitality, vigour, animation”), Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍈𐌿𐍃 (fairƕus, “the world”). Compare also Old English feormehām (“farm”), feormere (“purveyor, supplier, grocer”). Cognate with Scots ferm (“rent, farm”).

Synonyms

grow, produce, raise

Scrabble Score: 9

farm: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
farm: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
farm: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

farm: valid Words With Friends Word