a tract of land, usually with a house, barn, silo, etc., on which crops and often livestock are raised for livelihood.

land or water devoted to the raising of animals, fish, plants, etc.

a pig farm; an oyster farm; a tree farm.

a similar, usually commercial, site where a product is manufactured or cultivated

a cheese farm; a honey farm.

the system, method, or act of collecting revenue by leasing a territory in districts.

a country or district leased for the collection of revenue.

a fixed yearly amount accepted from a person in view of local or district taxes that he or she is authorized to collect.

a tract of land on which an industrial function is carried out, as the drilling or storage of oil or the generation of electricity by solar power.

English History .

the rent or income from leased property.

the condition of being leased at a fixed rent; possession under lease; a lease.

Also called farm team , farm club. Chiefly Baseball . a team in a minor league that is owned by or affiliated with a major-league team, for training or keeping players until ready or needed.

Obsolete . a fixed yearly amount payable in the form of rent, taxes, or the like.

to cultivate (land).

to take the proceeds or profits of (a tax, undertaking, etc.) on paying a fixed sum.

to let or lease (taxes, revenues, an enterprise, etc.) to another for a fixed sum or a percentage (often fol. by out ).

to let or lease the labor or services of (a person) for hire.

to contract for the maintenance of (a person, institution, etc.)

a county that farms its poor.

to cultivate the soil; operate a farm. ?

farm out,

to assign (work, privileges, or the like) to another by financial agreement; subcontract; lease

The busy shipyard farmed out two construction jobs to a smaller yard.

to assign the care of (a child or dependent person) to another

She farms her elderly aunt out to a retired nurse during the workweek.

Chiefly Baseball . to assign (a player) to a farm.

to exhaust (farmland) by overcropping.

to drill (oil or gas wells), esp. by subcontract on land owned or leased by another. ?

buy the farm

Slang . to die or be killed.

noun

acreage , acres , arboretum , claim , demense , enclosure , estate , farmstead , field , freehold , garden , grange , grassland , holding , homestead , lawn , meadow , nursery , orchard , pasture , patch , plantation , ranch , soil , vineyard

verb

bring under cultivation , crop , cultivate , direct , dress , garden , graze , grow , harrow , harvest , homestead , husband , landscape , look after , operate , pasture , plant , plow , ranch , reap , run , seed , sow , subdue , superintend , tend , till , till the soil , work , cooperative , croft , dairy , field , grange , hatchery , kibbutz , kolkhoz , land , orchard , oyster , plantation , rancho , range , spread , vineyard