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# farm

noun (farm, farms); verb (farm, farms, farmed, farming)

«farm» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A farm is land with buildings where people grow crops and keep animals. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/farm/#m1)
2. To farm is to grow crops or keep animals for food. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/farm/#m2)
3. Some farms raise fish, like a fish farm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/farm/#m3)

### In the lessons

maths: a setting with animals, crops, fields and acres counted (count legs per animal); science: where food comes from, crops, seasons, life cycles of animals; everyday life: visiting a farm, farm shops; stories: «Old MacDonald Had a Farm»; safety: wash hands after touching farm animals

### Examples

- The farm has 20 cows and 35 chickens. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/farm/#x1)
- They grow corn on the farm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/farm/#x2)
- How many animals are on the farm? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/farm/#x3)
- The farm is 50 acres. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/farm/#x4)
- We visited a farm on our school trip. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/farm/#x5)
- Wash your hands after petting farm animals. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/farm/#x6)
- Milk comes from dairy farms. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/farm/#x7)
- His family has farmed this land for years. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/farm/#x8)
- You shall have a large farm-yard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/farm/#x9)

### Note

A word of the story; counts are animals and crops. Trap: when asked for legs, count per animal (cows 4, chickens 2).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «farm» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/farm/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«farm» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/farm.html) on Mova free.