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

  • (..) in that jail... ...they didn't do no more than you deserve... ...for visitin' white trash in a jail! Fresh and green. Right off the farm. Hey, what are you doin' tonight, Susy? That's one of them Georgia peaches. There's nothing like that in Ohio. -You know what we're going to do? -What? (..)
    1939 Gone with the Wind
  • (..) could be. And you've got millions, Rhett. What collateral are you offering? -My earbobs. -Not interested. -A mortgage on Tara. -What would I do with a farm? You wouldn't lose. I'd pay you back out of next year's cotton. Not good enough. Have you nothing better? You once said you loved me. (..)
    1939 Gone with the Wind