farm
noun /fɑːm/
/fɑːrm/
Idioms 
enlarge imagean area of land, and the buildings on it, used for growing crops and/or keeping animals- a 200-hectare farm
- a dairy farm
- an organic farm
- a pig/sheep/poultry farm
- He runs the farm on his own.
- on a farm to live on a farm
- She works on the family farm.
- at a farm At harvest time they helped out at the farm.
- a farm worker/labourer
- farm animals
- farm buildings/machinery
- farm income/subsidies
- (North American English) a farm family
Collocations FarmingFarmingGrowing food and raising animals- plant trees/seeds/crops/vines/barley
- grow/produce corn/wheat/rice/fruit
- plough/(North American English) plow land/a field
- sow/harvest seeds/crops/fields
- spread manure/fertilizer on something
- cultivate/irrigate/water/contaminate crops/plants/fields/land
- damage/destroy/lose your crop
- ripen/pick fruit/berries/grapes
- press/dry/ferment grapes
- grind/thresh grain/corn/wheat
- raise/rear/keep chickens/poultry/cattle/pigs
- raise/breed/feed/graze livestock/cattle/sheep
- kill/slaughter livestock
- preserve/smoke/cure/salt meat
- run a fish farm/an organic dairy farm
- engage in/be involved in intensive (pig/fish) farming
- use/apply (chemical/organic) fertilizer/insecticides/pesticides
- begin/do/conduct field trials of GM (= genetically modified) crops
- grow/develop GM crops/seeds/plants/foods
- fund/invest in genetic engineering/research
- improve/increase crop yields
- face/suffer from/alleviate food shortages
- label food that contains GMOs (= genetically modified organisms)
- eliminate/reduce farm subsidies
- oppose/be against factory farming/GM food
- promote/encourage/support organic/sustainable farming
Wordfinder- arable
- barn
- crop
- cultivate
- dairy
- fallow
- farm
- graze
- livestock
- tractor
Extra ExamplesTopics Farminga1- During the war, few men were left to work the farm.
- Farm incomes rose 11% last year.
- Farm produce, including fruit and corn, was their principal export.
- He had lived on that farm all his life.
- I was raised on a country farm.
- Local farm supply stores are expected to lose business.
- Republicans hope to pass the farm bill in the current fiscal year.
- She lives on the next farm.
- Ten model farms have been set up to showcase modern production methods.
- The 80-acre farm now operates around the clock.
- The EU has decided to cut farm subsidies.
- The area combines a working farm and a farming museum.
- The children had to work on the family farm.
- The farm economy was stable.
- The farm lies on the hills above the lake.
- The farmer's wife runs the farm shop.
- The myth of happy and contented animals down on the farm is now far from the truth.
- The police are investigating a fire at a farm near Whitby.
- Today, the farm sector employs about 3% of our workforce.
- We anticipate our overall farm production next year to be lower.
- a dairy farm producing gourmet cheeses
- a farm growing tobacco
- a poor farm family
- an Illinois farm town
- farm products such as eggs and vegetables
- the EU farm policy
- the US farm program for wheat
- the rolling farm country of central Kentucky
- village and farm life
- Many farm workers face low wages and poor working conditions.
- The two disused farm buildings have stood empty since we took over the farm ten years ago.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- large
- little
- …
- have
- own
- manage
- …
- be located
- lie
- grow something
- …
- produce
- product
- animal
- …
- at a/the farm
- down on the farm
- on a/the farm
- …
- (also farmhouse)the main house on a farm, where the farmer livesTopics Houses and homesb1, Buildingsb1, Farmingb1Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
- big
- large
- little
- …
- have
- own
- manage
- …
- be located
- lie
- grow something
- …
- produce
- product
- animal
- …
- at a/the farm
- down on the farm
- on a/the farm
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- (especially in compounds) a place where particular fish or animals are kept in order to produce young
- a trout/mink farm
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- large
- little
- …
- have
- own
- manage
- …
- be located
- lie
- grow something
- …
- produce
- product
- animal
- …
- at a/the farm
- down on the farm
- on a/the farm
- …
see also battery farm, collective farm, dairy, factory farm, fish farm, funny farm, health farm, server farm, sewage farm, solar farm, truck farm, wind farm, wine farm
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French ferme, from medieval Latin firma ‘fixed payment’, from Latin firmare ‘fix, settle’ (in medieval Latin ‘contract for’), from firmus ‘constant, firm’; compare with firm (noun). The noun originally denoted a fixed annual amount payable as rent or tax; which later gave rise to ‘to subcontract’ (farm somebody/something out to somebody. ). The noun came to denote ‘a lease’, and, in the early 16th cent., ‘land leased for farming’.
Idioms
bet the farm/ranch on something
- (North American English, informal) to risk everything you have on an investment, a bet, etc.
- The company bet the farm on the new marketing model, only to find that it wasn’t successful.
buy back the farm
- (Australian English, New Zealand English, informal) to get back a country's assets, such as land or property, after they have been owned by another country
- The prime minister revealed his plan to buy back the farm from foreign ownership.
buy the farm
- (North American English, informal) to die
sell off the farm
- (Australian English, New Zealand English, informal) to sell a country's assets, such as land or property, to foreign owners
- The government is happy to keep selling off the farm.