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. [ 1913 Webster ]

We are enforced to farm our royal realm. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

To farm their subjects and their duties toward these. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To take at a certain rent or rate. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To devote (land) to agriculture; to cultivate, as land; to till, as a farm. [ 1913 Webster ]

To farm let,
To let to farm, to lease on rent. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To engage in the business of tilling the soil; to labor as a farmer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being farmed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. fermier. ] One who farms; as: (a) One who hires and cultivates a farm; a cultivator of leased ground; a tenant. Smart. (b) One who is devoted to the tillage of the soil; one who cultivates a farm; an agriculturist; a husbandman. (c) One who takes taxes, customs, excise, or other duties, to collect, either paying a fixed annuual rent for the privilege; as, a farmer of the revenues. (d) (Mining) The lord of the field, or one who farms the lot and cope of the crown. [ 1913 Webster ]

Farmer-general [ F. fermier-general ], one to whom the right of levying certain taxes, in a particular district, was farmed out, under the former French monarchy, for a given sum paid down. --
Farmers' satin, a light material of cotton and worsted, used for coat linings. McElrath. --
The king's farmer (O. Eng. Law), one to whom the collection of a royal revenue was farmed out. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A woman who farms. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a woman working on a farm; a farmeress. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Skill in farming. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The buildings and yards necessary for the business of a farm; a homestead. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]