farm
gb/fˈɑɹm/ us/fˈɑɹm/
A1
Anglais
~ 1400
Sens
0 sens
Nom
A1
entity
1
Land for crops or animals
A piece of land where people grow plants or keep animals for food.
Schéma d’usage :
[someone] owns/works on a farm
Erreur fréquente :
Learners sometimes confuse 'farm' (the land) with 'field' (a part of the land). A field is one section of a farm.
Synonymes
ranch (Mainly in North America; often refers to a large farm for raising animals, especially cattle.)
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plantation (A large farm, especially in tropical countries, growing one main crop.)
Antonymes
city (Refers to an urban area, opposite of rural farmland.)
Collocations
dairy farm
|family farm
|farm animals
|farm land
|visit a farm
Thèmes
agriculture
|daily life
|food
|nature
|food_drink
|core_vocabulary
Exemples
- They own a small farm in the countryside.
- The farm produces vegetables and eggs.
- She grew up on a dairy farm.
- The storm damaged many farms in the region.
- Tourists can visit the farm to see the animals.
Exemples pédagogiques
- My uncle has a farm.
- We saw cows on the farm.
- They live on a big farm.
- The farm has many chickens.
Verbe
A2
action
2
Grow crops or raise animals
To grow plants or keep animals for food on land.
Schéma d’usage :
[someone] farms [land/animals/crops]
Erreur fréquente :
Learners may confuse 'farm' as a verb with 'plant'. 'Plant' means putting seeds in the ground; 'farm' is the overall activity of growing plants or keeping animals.
Synonymes
cultivate (More formal; often refers specifically to preparing and using land for crops.)
Antonymes
abandon (To stop using the land for farming.)
Collocations
farm the land
|farm fish
|farm organically
Thèmes
agriculture
|daily life
|nature
|food_drink
|core_vocabulary
Exemples
- They have farmed this land for generations.
- He farms cattle and sheep in the hills.
- The family decided to farm organically.
- Many people here farm rice and vegetables.
Exemples pédagogiques
- They farm rice.
- My parents farm chickens.
- We farm the land near the river.
Nom
technical
B1
entity
3
Specialized production facility
A place with many machines or equipment that make energy, store data, etc., like a wind farm.
Synonymes
facility (General term for a place equipped for a specific purpose.)
Collocations
wind farm
|server farm
|solar farm
Thèmes
technology
|energy
|science
|business
Exemples
- The company built a large wind farm off the coast.
- A server farm stores and processes huge amounts of data.
- The region has several solar farms producing electricity.
Exemples pédagogiques
- We saw a wind farm near the sea.
- The server farm is very big.
- A solar farm makes power from the sun.
Grammaire
Forme canonique
farm
API
GB/fˈɑɹm/
US/fˈɑɹm/
Syllabes et accentuation
farm (1 syllabe)
Stress on 1st syllable (farm)
Formes du mot
Noun
- Base: farm
- Plural: farms
Verb
- Base: farm
- 3rd Person Singular: farms
- Present Participle: farming
- Past: farmed
Famille de mots
Expressions
farm out
1/fˈɑɹm ˈaʊt/
phrasal verb
Give work to others
To give work to another person or company to do instead of doing it yourself.
Exemples
- They decided to farm out the printing to another company.
- Some tasks are farmed out to freelancers.
on the farm
1/ˈɔn ðə fˈɑɹm/
fixed phrase
Located on farmland
At a place where crops are grown or animals are kept.
Exemples
- She spent her childhood on the farm.
- Life on the farm can be hard work.
wind farm
1/wˈɪnd fˈɑɹm/
fixed phrase
Area with wind turbines
A place with many tall machines that use wind to make electricity.
Exemples
- The wind farm supplies power to thousands of homes.
- We visited a wind farm during our trip.
server farm
1/sˈɚvɚ fˈɑɹm/
fixed phrase
technical
group of servers in one place
Many servers kept together in one place to do big jobs on the internet.
Exemples
- The company built a large server farm to handle increased web traffic.
- The company expanded its server farm to handle more traffic.
- Server farms use a lot of electricity and need cooling systems.
- Server farms require strong cooling systems.