- farm
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} nounADJECTIVE▪ big, large▪ little, small▪ 100-acre, 200-hectare, etc.▪ local, nearby, neighbouring/neighboring, surrounding▪ isolated, outlying, remote▪ hill (BrE)▪ family, home▪ conventional, traditional▪ private▪ collective, cooperative▪ commercial, corporate (AmE)▪ state▪ factory, industrial (esp. AmE), intensive (esp. BrE)▪ experimental, research (esp. AmE)▪ model▪
Ten model farms have been set up to showcase modern production methods.
▪ working▪The area combines a working farm and a farming museum.
▪ organic▪ arable (BrE), livestock, mixed▪ breeding (esp. AmE), horse (esp. AmE), stud (esp. BrE)▪ chicken, coffee (esp. AmE), dairy, fish, fruit, hog (AmE), pig, poultry, sheep, shrimp (esp. AmE), tree (esp. AmE), trout, turkey, etc.▪ truck (AmE)▪ wind▪controversial plans to build a wind farm on the island
VERB + FARM▪ have, own▪ manage, operate, run▪ work, work at, work on▪During the war, few men were left to work the farm.
▪The children had to work on the family farm.
▪ build, establish, set up, start▪ live on▪ be raised on (esp. AmE), be reared on▪I was raised on a country farm.
▪The pigs are raised on factory farms. (esp. AmE)
▪ inherit▪ visitFARM + VERB▪ be located, lie▪The farm lies on the hills above the lake.
▪ grow sth, produce sth▪a farm growing tobacco
▪a dairy farm producing gourmet cheeses
▪ operate▪The 80-acre farm now operates around the clock.
FARM + NOUN▪ produce, product▪Farm produce, including fruit and corn, was their principal export.
▪farm products such as eggs and vegetables
▪ animal▪ labourer/laborer, worker▪ labour/labor▪ chore (esp. AmE), work▪I helped him with his farm chores.
▪ manager, owner▪ management▪ field (esp. AmE), land (usually farmland)▪ building▪ equipment, implements, machinery, tractor▪ policy (esp. AmE)▪ bill▪Republicans hope to pass the farm bill in the current fiscal year.
▪ program (AmE)▪the US farm program for wheat
▪ subsidies▪The EU has decided to cut farm subsidies.
▪ exports, production (both esp. AmE)▪We anticipate our overall farm production next year to be lower.
▪ income▪Farm incomes rose 11% last year.
▪ economy (AmE), sector (esp. AmE)▪The farm economy was stable.
▪Today, the farm sector employs about 3% of our workforce.
▪ life▪village and farm life
▪ boy, girl, kid (informal, esp. AmE)▪ family, household (both esp. AmE)▪a poor farm family
▪ cottage (BrE), house (usually farmhouse)▪ shop (BrE), stand (AmE), store (AmE)▪The farmer's wife runs the farm shop.
▪Bo was working the farm stand.
▪ supply store (AmE)▪Local farm supply stores are expected to lose business.
▪ community, country, state, town (all AmE)▪the rolling farm country of central Kentucky
▪an Illinois farm town
▪ belt (AmE)▪the Kansas farm belt
▪ road, track (esp. BrE)PREPOSITION▪ at a/the farm▪The police are investigating a fire at a nearby farm.
▪ down on the farm▪The myth of happy animals down on the farm is now far from the truth.
▪ on a/the farm▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}He had lived on that farm all his life.
verbADVERB▪ heavily, intensively▪The land has been intensively farmed.
▪ organically▪They farm organically now.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
