Meaning & use
farm
An area of land, along with its buildings, used for growing crops or raising animals.
See it in a sentence
Her grandparents still run a small dairy farm outside of town.
The children spent the weekend visiting a farm to see the animals up close.
A note on using this word
As a verb, 'farm' means to cultivate land or raise livestock as an occupation, as in 'his family has farmed this valley for generations'.
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Another way to use it
2. verb
To grow crops or raise animals as an occupation.
They farm wheat and soybeans on nearly a thousand acres.
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