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farm
noun
a
piece
of
land
,
together
with
its
buildings
,
where
crops
are
grown
or
animals
are
kept
for
food
or
other
products
•
Every
summer
,
Emily
visits
her
grandparents'
farm
to
help
pick
strawberries
.
Every
summer
,
Emily
visits
her
grandparents'
farm
to
help
pick
strawberries
.
•
Cows
grazed
peacefully
in
the
green
fields
of
the
farm
.
Cows
grazed
peacefully
in
the
green
fields
of
the
farm
.
Old
English
"
feorm
"
meant
provisions
or
supplies
,
later
evolving
to
describe
land
that
produced
those
supplies
,
giving
the
modern
meaning
of
an
agricultural
holding
.
verb
to
use
land
to
grow
crops
or
raise
animals
as
a
job
•
The
Nguyens
farm
rice
on
the
fertile
plains
near
the
river
.
The
Nguyens
farm
rice
on
the
fertile
plains
near
the
river
.
•
Many
young
people
left
the
countryside
because
they
no
longer
wanted
to
farm
.
Many
young
people
left
the
countryside
because
they
no
longer
wanted
to
farm
.
From
Old
English
"
feormian
"
meaning
to
provision
or
supply
,
later
narrowing
to
working
the
land
.
noun
a
large
group
of
machines
,
devices
,
or
energy
generators
located
together
and
working
as
one
unit
,
such
as
a
wind
farm
or
a
server
farm
•
Rows
of
turbines
spun
across
the
hillside
wind
farm
.
Rows
of
turbines
spun
across
the
hillside
wind
farm
.
•
The
company
stores
its
data
on
a
massive
server
farm
located
underground
.
The
company
stores
its
data
on
a
massive
server
farm
located
underground
.
Extended
metaphor
from
agricultural
farm
:
the
idea
of
many
similar
units
working
together
in
one
place
.
verb
to
repeatedly
perform
an
action
,
especially
in
a
video
game
,
to
collect
resources
,
points
,
or
items
•
In
the
new
update
,
players
can
farm
rare
gems
by
battling
dungeon
bosses
.
In
the
new
update
,
players
can
farm
rare
gems
by
battling
dungeon
bosses
.
•
He
stayed
up
all
night
to
farm
coins
for
his
online
character
.
He
stayed
up
all
night
to
farm
coins
for
his
online
character
.
Metaphorically
extended
from
working
the
land
to
working
repeatedly
in
a
digital
space
to
gather
resources
.
farmer
noun
a
person
who
owns
or
works
on
a
farm
,
growing
crops
or
raising
animals
for
food
or
other
products
•
The
farmer
drove
her
tractor
across
the
golden
wheat
field
at
dawn
.
The
farmer
drove
her
tractor
across
the
golden
wheat
field
at
dawn
.
•
At
the
weekend
market
,
a
friendly
farmer
handed
me
a
basket
of
freshly
picked
strawberries
.
At
the
weekend
market
,
a
friendly
farmer
handed
me
a
basket
of
freshly
picked
strawberries
.
From
Middle
English
fermer
,
from
Anglo-French
fermour
,
from
Medieval
Latin
firmarius
,
meaning
‘
tenant
or
cultivator
of
leased
land
’.
Over
time
,
the
sense
shifted
to
anyone
who
cultivates
land
,
whether
leased
or
owned
.
