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farm
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- pronunciation:
- farm
- parts of speech:
- noun, verb
- features:
- Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
an area of land, along with buildings and equipment, used to grow crops or raise animals for food or clothing.
- synonyms:
- homestead
- similar words:
- plantation, ranch, spread
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| definition 2: |
an area of land or water used to raise certain kinds of crops or animals.
Those trout come from a fish farm.- similar words:
- orchard, plantation, spread, tract
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| related words: |
ground |
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
farms, farming, farmed |
| definition 1: |
to cultivate or raise.
My grandfather had to drain a swamp before he could farm the land.For years he farmed pigs.
- synonyms:
- cultivate
- similar words:
- raise, till, work
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| definition 2: |
to raise crops or animals.
Many families farm for a living.- similar words:
- till, work
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array |
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some activities in farming |
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breed, butcher, cultivate, fertilize, fleece, graft, grow, harvest, irrigate, market, mow, plant, plow, prune, raise, reap, shear, slaughter, sow, thresh, till, weed |
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