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farm

Definition for farm

noun as in land for agriculture or animal breeding

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acreage, estate, field, garden, grassland, homestead, lawn, meadow, nursery, orchard, pasture, plantation, ranch

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acres, arboretum, claim, enclosure, farmstead, freehold, grange, holding, patch, soil, vineyard

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verb as in produce crops, raise animals

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cultivate, graze, grow, harvest, look after, operate, plow, reap, sow, tend

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crop, direct, dress, garden, harrow, homestead, husband, landscape, pasture, plant, ranch, run, seed, subdue, superintend, till, work

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bring under cultivation, till the soil

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About 80% of the soy brought into Wales is used as livestock feed for poultry and dairy farms.

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He grew up on a dairy farm in Wisconsin, where he learned to fix just about anything, and stopped by 3M after he saw a classified advertisement in the St. Paul Pioneer Press.

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He served in the Army in Korea, and after, he went to work on a farm grain elevator.

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More recent are the scam farms - which hold people against their will, forcing them to defraud strangers online, or face brutal punishment or even death.

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Many farms and smallholdings sell eggs, seasonal vegetables and fruit for cash in collection boxes.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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