From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Farm \Farm\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Farmed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Farming.]
1. To lease or let for an equivalent, as land for a rent; to
yield the use of to proceeds.
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We are enforced to farm our royal realm. --Shak.
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2. 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; as, to farm the taxes.
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To farm their subjects and their duties toward
these. --Burke.
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3. To take at a certain rent or rate.
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4. To devote (land) to agriculture; to cultivate, as land; to
till, as a farm.
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To farm let, To let to farm, to lease on rent.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Farming \Farm"ing\, a.
Pertaining to agriculture; devoted to, adapted to, or engaged
in, farming; as, farming tools; farming land; a farming
community.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Farming \Farm"ing\, n.
The business of cultivating land.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
farming
adj 1: relating to rural matters; "an agrarian (or agricultural)
society"; "farming communities" [syn: agrarian,
agricultural, {farming(a)}]
n 1: the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock [syn:
farming, agriculture, husbandry]
2: agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life;
"farming is a strenuous life"; "there's no work on the land
any more" [syn: farming, land]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008) [foldoc]:
farming
<jargon> (From Adelaide University, Australia) What the
heads of a disk drive are said to do when they plow little
furrows in the magnetic media during a head crash.
Typically used as follows: "Oh no, the machine has just
crashed; I hope the hard drive hasn't gone farming again."
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