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{ "term": "farm", "partOfSpeech": "noun", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "a1", "image": "data/images/co/countryside.png", "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "an area of land, and the buildings on it, used for growing crops and/or keeping animals", "sensetop": "on a farmat a farm", "labels": "(North American English)(North American English)", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "a 200-hectare farm" }, { "text": "a **dairy farm**" }, { "text": "an **organic farm**" }, { "text": "a pig/sheep/poultry farm" }, { "text": "He runs the farm on his own." }, { "text": "to live on a farm", "contextForm": "on a farm" }, { "text": "She works on the **family farm**." }, { "text": "At harvest time they helped out at the farm.", "contextForm": "at a farm" }, { "text": "a **farm worker/labourer**" }, { "text": "**farm animals**" }, { "text": "farm buildings/machinery" }, { "text": "**farm income/subsidies**" }, { "text": "a **farm family**" }, { "text": "During the war, few men were left to work the farm." }, { "text": "Farm incomes rose 11% last year." }, { "text": "Farm produce, including fruit and corn, was their principal export." }, { "text": "He had lived on that farm all his life." }, { "text": "I was raised on a country farm." }, { "text": "Local farm supply stores are expected to lose business." }, { "text": "Republicans hope to pass the farm bill in the current fiscal year." }, { "text": "She lives on the next farm." }, { "text": "Ten model farms have been set up to showcase modern production methods." }, { "text": "The 80-acre farm now operates around the clock." }, { "text": "The EU has decided to cut farm subsidies." }, { "text": "The area combines a working farm and a farming museum." }, { "text": "The children had to work on the family farm." }, { "text": "The farm economy was stable." }, { "text": "The farm lies on the hills above the lake." }, { "text": "The myth of happy and contented animals down on the farm is now far from the truth." }, { "text": "The police are investigating a fire at a farm near Whitby." }, { "text": "Today, the farm sector employs about 3% of our workforce." }, { "text": "We anticipate our overall farm production next year to be lower." }, { "text": "a dairy farm producing gourmet cheeses" }, { "text": "a poor farm family" }, { "text": "an Illinois farm town" }, { "text": "farm products such as eggs and vegetables" }, { "text": "the EU farm policy" }, { "text": "the US farm program for wheat" }, { "text": "the rolling farm country of central Kentucky" }, { "text": "village and farm life" }, { "text": "Many farm workers face low wages and poor working conditions." }, { "text": "The two disused farm buildings have stood empty since we took over the farm ten years ago." } ], "topics": ["Farming"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["big", "large", "little"], "verb + farm": ["have", "own", "manage"], "farm + verb": ["be located", "lie", "grow something"], "farm + noun": ["produce", "product", "animal"], "preposition": ["at a/the farm", "down on the farm", "on a/the farm"] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "the main house on a farm, where the farmer lives", "cefr": "b1", "examples": [], "topics": ["Houses and homes", "Buildings", "Farming"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["big", "large", "little"], "verb + farm": ["have", "own", "manage"], "farm + verb": ["be located", "lie", "grow something"], "farm + noun": ["produce", "product", "animal"], "preposition": ["at a/the farm", "down on the farm", "on a/the farm"] } }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "a place where particular fish or animals are kept in order to produce young", "examples": [ { "text": "a trout/mink farm" } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["big", "large", "little"], "verb + farm": ["have", "own", "manage"], "farm + verb": ["be located", "lie", "grow something"], "farm + noun": ["produce", "product", "animal"], "preposition": ["at a/the farm", "down on the farm", "on a/the farm"] } }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to risk everything you have on an investment, a bet, etc.", "labels": "(North American English, informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "The company bet the farm on the new marketing model, only to find that it wasn’t successful." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to get back a country's assets, such as land or property, after they have been owned by another country", "labels": "(Australian English, New Zealand English, informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "The prime minister revealed his plan to buy back the farm from foreign ownership." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to die", "labels": "(North American English, informal)", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to sell a country's assets, such as land or property, to foreign owners", "labels": "(Australian English, New Zealand English, informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "The government is happy to keep selling off the farm." } ] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/fɑːm/", "audio": "fa/farm/farm__gb_1.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/fɑːrm/", "audio": "fa/farm/farm__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French ferme, from medieval Latin firma ‘fixed payment’, from Latin firmare ‘fix, settle’ (in medieval Latin ‘contract for’), from firmus ‘constant, firm’; compare with firm (noun). The noun originally denoted a fixed annual amount payable as rent or tax; which later gave rise to ‘to subcontract’ (farm somebody/something out to somebody. ). The noun came to denote ‘a lease’, and, in the early 16th cent., ‘land leased for farming’." }