{
    "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’."
}