as in ranches
a piece of land and its buildings used to grow crops or raise livestock
a farm that has been in the same family for five generations
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as in plants
to work by plowing, sowing, and raising crops on
we're planning on farming 50 acres the first year
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Recent Examples of farms
Nora Heston Tarte, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
Other sessions include a keynote exploring the relationships between food and society, a three-hour demonstration with Wilton Rancheria on how to process acorns to eat, a panel introducing the Slow Food farms of Sacramento and caviar tasting with Tsar Nicoulai Caviar.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Phil Harris, chief revenue officer at Avra, noted the practices his company is teaching farmers to mitigate climate impact and ensure these farms will continue to thrive and produce for decades to come.
—Lauren Giella, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
Perfect for off-road, trails, farms and everything in between, the Can-Am Defender Limited is ready for the ultimate test.
—Marc D. Grasso, Boston Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
At its worst, AI can be used by bad actors and content farms to confuse or deceive listeners, push ‘slop’ into the ecosystem, and interfere with authentic artists working to build their careers.
—Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2025
The industry employs over a million people and involves dozens of export companies, more than 450 shrimp hatcheries, more than 50 feed mills, individual middlemen and about 100,000 shrimp farms, most of them small enterprises.
—Diaa Hadid, NPR, 23 Sep. 2025
Kentucky set to lose more farms and farmland Trade conditions, input costs, and other economic headwinds could accelerate existing trends in Kentucky, including staggering losses of family farms and farmland.
—Connor Giffin, Louisville Courier Journal, 23 Sep. 2025
For anyone wanting more of a challenge, some farms design advanced mazes guaranteed to put you to the test.
—Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Johnson, who began growing collard greens at 3, now farms on about an acre of land that has been passed down in the family.
—Brian Anthony Hernandez, People.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Trump’s 2024 reëlection PAC received ten million dollars from the multinational conglomerate British American Tobacco, which farms an especially polluting, soil-depleting, and pesticide-intensive crop, and which has been sued for profiting from child labor.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2025
The alliance, which farms more than just watermelons, had the Watermelon Crawl at several different locations over the years, Chope said.
—Harley Walls, Arkansas Online, 9 Aug. 2025
Noun
The region is home to several oyster farms open to guests, including Clausen and Qualman.
—Nora Heston Tarte, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
Other sessions include a keynote exploring the relationships between food and society, a three-hour demonstration with Wilton Rancheria on how to process acorns to eat, a panel introducing the Slow Food farms of Sacramento and caviar tasting with Tsar Nicoulai Caviar.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Phil Harris, chief revenue officer at Avra, noted the practices his company is teaching farmers to mitigate climate impact and ensure these farms will continue to thrive and produce for decades to come.
—Lauren Giella, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
Perfect for off-road, trails, farms and everything in between, the Can-Am Defender Limited is ready for the ultimate test.
—Marc D. Grasso, Boston Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
At its worst, AI can be used by bad actors and content farms to confuse or deceive listeners, push ‘slop’ into the ecosystem, and interfere with authentic artists working to build their careers.
—Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2025
The industry employs over a million people and involves dozens of export companies, more than 450 shrimp hatcheries, more than 50 feed mills, individual middlemen and about 100,000 shrimp farms, most of them small enterprises.
—Diaa Hadid, NPR, 23 Sep. 2025
Kentucky set to lose more farms and farmland Trade conditions, input costs, and other economic headwinds could accelerate existing trends in Kentucky, including staggering losses of family farms and farmland.
—Connor Giffin, Louisville Courier Journal, 23 Sep. 2025
For anyone wanting more of a challenge, some farms design advanced mazes guaranteed to put you to the test.
—Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
Farmlands to wetlands George Tibbitts mostly farms rice, but his son Carson was tilling a safflower field on one mid-August morning.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Johnson, who began growing collard greens at 3, now farms on about an acre of land that has been passed down in the family.
—Brian Anthony Hernandez, People.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Trump’s 2024 reëlection PAC received ten million dollars from the multinational conglomerate British American Tobacco, which farms an especially polluting, soil-depleting, and pesticide-intensive crop, and which has been sued for profiting from child labor.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2025
The alliance, which farms more than just watermelons, had the Watermelon Crawl at several different locations over the years, Chope said.
—Harley Walls, Arkansas Online, 9 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for farms
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And besides, the sale money went to a good cause, the boys’ ranches.—
Mitch Moxley,
Rolling Stone,
27 Sep. 2025
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Sometimes the most fruitful foraging spots are private ranches, farms or backyards.—
Tiffany Acosta,
AZCentral.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Plants growing in sandy soils may require more frequent irrigation, as will plants growing under intense sunlight.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
30 Sep. 2025
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Today, the company plants a tree for every child born to a Zegna employee, donates flowerbeds in the Piazza Duomo in Milan and revitalizes public parks in Palm Beach and Boston, among other things.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
23 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The company cultivates a variety of fruits and vegetables at its first commercial vertical farm, located in a warehouse in Avondale.—
Sasha Hupka,
AZCentral.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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As market shifts and technological advancements drive internal changes, the mindset a leader cultivates long term enables the business to effectively grow and change with the times.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Volunteers are needed to help Senior Gleaners of San Diego County, a volunteer group that harvests surplus fruit and vegetables from gardens and fields to donate to local nonprofits helping people in need.—
Ut Community Press,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Sep. 2025
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Funga harvests fungal spores from a healthy forest and transplants them to a commercial tree nursery, mixes them with water, and applies them directly to saplings in an aqueous solution within a single day or two of harvest.—
Erik Kobayashi-Solomon,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Farms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/farms. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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