farm

1. (n) (countable) A place where agricultural and similar activities take place, especially the growing of crops or the raising of livestock. 2. (n) (countable) A tract of land held on lease for the purpose of cultivation. 3. (n) (countable, often in combination) A location used for an industrial purpose, having many similar structures. 4. (n) (computing, countable) A group of coordinated servers. 5. (v) (intransitive) To work on a farm, especially in the growing and harvesting of crops. 6. (v) (transitive) To devote (land) to farming. 7. (v) (transitive) To grow (a particular crop). 8. (v) To give up to another, as an estate, a business, the revenue, etc., on condition of receiving in return a percentage of what it yields; to farm out. 9. (v) (Internet slang, online gaming) To engage in grinding (repetitive activity) in a particular area or against specific enemies for a particular drop or item. 10. (v) (Internet) To cultivate and/or disseminate through artificial algorithm-incentivized means, especially in the a way that misinforms or causes harm. 11. (v) (Internet slang, derogatory, in compound terms) To act performatively or deliberately to elicit a desired response. 12. (n) The body of farmers of public revenues. 13. (n) The condition of being let at a fixed rent; lease; a lease. 14. (n) (historical) The letting-out of public revenue to a ‘farmer’; the privilege of farming a tax or taxes. 15. (n) (historical) A fixed yearly sum accepted from a person as a composition for taxes or other moneys which he is empowered to collect; also, a fixed charge imposed on a town, county, etc., in respect of a tax or taxes to be collected within its limits. 16. (n) (obsolete) A fixed yearly amount (food, provisions, money, etc.) payable as rent or tax. 17. (n) (obsolete) A banquet; feast. 18. (n) (obsolete) Food; provisions; a meal. 19. (n) (historical) A baby farm. 20. (v) (obsolete, transitive) To lease or let for an equivalent, e.g. land for a rent; to yield the use of to proceeds. 21. (v) (obsolete, transitive) To take at a certain rent or rate. 22. (v) (UK, dialectal) To cleanse; clean out; put in order; empty; empty out 23. (n) (UK, slang) Broadwater Farm, an area of Tottenham, North London, England.