farm

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♦♦ farm /f'ɑːrm/ (farms farming farmed)
1 [N-COUNT]
A farm is an area of land, together with the buildings on it, that is used for growing crops or raising animals, usually in order to sell them.
Farms in France are much smaller than those in the United States or even Britain.
2 [VERB] V n, V
If you farm an area of land, you grow crops or keep animals on it.
They farmed some of the best land in Scotland...
He has lived and farmed in the area for 46 years.
3 [N-COUNT] n N
A mink farm or a fish farm, for example, is a place where a particular kind of animal or fish is bred and kept in large quantities in order to be sold.
...trout fresh from a local trout farm.health farm (health farms)
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A health farm is a hotel where people go to get fitter or lose weight by exercising and eating special food. (mainly BRIT; in AM, use spa)stud farm (stud farms)
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A stud farm is a place where horses are bred.wind farm /w'ɪnd fɑːrm/ (wind farms)
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A wind farm is a place where windmills are used to convert the power of the wind into electricity.

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