farm out

verb

farmed out; farming out; farms out

transitive verb

1

: to turn over for performance by another usually under contract

farm out a job

2

a

: to put (someone, such as a child) into the hands of another for care

b

: to send (an athlete, such as a baseball player) to a farm team

3

: to exhaust (land) by farming especially by continuously raising one crop

Examples of farm out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Growers had strongly objected, fearing that the state could easily put a farm out of business without actual proof of contamination. — Paige St. John, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2026

Reciprocals farm out their operations to agents-in-fact (AIF) and other affiliates. — Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel, 25 Sep. 2026

The mandate was that the Pattern Two be cheaper and quicker to produce, with a simplified design so it could be farmed out to other companies. — David Szondy august 30, New Atlas, 30 Aug. 2026

Then, as deregulation and contraction brought cost-cutting, more stations farmed out traffic coverage to the point that large numbers of radio stations get reports from people not even in their cities. — Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 9 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1593, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for farm out

• about
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout
• checkout
• closeout
• cutout
• devout
• dropout