farm

Definition

  • noun: a piece of land used for growing crops or raising animals
  • noun: a sum or due fixed in amount and payable at fixed intervals
  • verb: to use land for growing food or raising animals
  • synonyms: leasehold, lease, cultivated

Examples

  • The company decided to 'farm out' the job of upgrading their Web site.

  • I nearly 'bought the farm' when my car skidded off the road.

  • My uncle has been 'farming' on this land for 60 years.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) I can see them from my window. The thing is, Bruno, those people... Well, you see, they're not really people at all. (FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING) Bruno, who told you it was a farm? - Was it Maria? - No. It is a farm, isn't it? MOTHER: Yes. Is it to do with your new job? (..)
    2008 The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
  • (..) - Well, they are, aren't they? - Why are we whispering? - I don't know. (CHUCKLES) - MOTHER: And play with who? - The children over on the farm. Farm? I didn't see a farm. And that one, too. You can only see it from my room. Hmm. And there are some children there? (..)
    2008 The Boy in the Striped Pajamas