farm : Idioms & Phrases

Ba"by farm`

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1. A place where the nourishment and care of babies are offered for hire.

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Ba"by farm`ing

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1. The business of keeping a baby farm.

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• verb pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
  decease; give-up the ghost; pop off; perish; die; snuff it; choke; drop dead; pass away; expire; exit; croak; pass; go; kick the bucket; conk; cash in one's chips.
  
  • She died from cancer
  • The children perished in the fire
  • The patient went peacefully
  • The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102

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• noun farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle)
  spread; ranch; cattle ranch.
  

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• noun farm where chickens are raised for sale
  

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• noun a farm operated collectively
  

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• noun a farm where dairy products are produced
  dairy.
  

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• noun the business of a dairy
  dairying.
  

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• noun a large-scale farming enterprise
  agribusiness; agriculture.
  

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• noun any animals kept for use or profit
  livestock; stock.
  

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• noun a statute that would regulate farm production and prices
  

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• noun a boy who has grown up on a farm
  

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• noun a building on a farm
  

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• noun mild white cheese made from curds of soured skim milk
  pot cheese; farmer's cheese; cottage cheese.
  

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• noun a minor-league team that is owned by a major-league team (especially in baseball)
  farm club.
  

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• noun a cooperative nationwide system of banks and associations providing credit to farmers and related businesses; originally capitalized by the federal government but now owned by its members and borrowers
  FCS.
  

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• noun a girl who has grown up on a farm
  

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• noun a quiet plodding workhorse
  dobbin.
  

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• noun a machine used in farming
  

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• verb arranged for contracted work to be done by others
  job; subcontract.
  
• verb grant the services of or the temporary use of, for a fee
  rent out; hire out.
  
  • We rent out our apartment to tourists every year
  • He hired himself out as a cook

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• noun a minor-league team that is owned by a major-league team (especially in baseball)
  farm club.
  

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• noun a hired hand on a farm
  field hand; fieldhand; farmhand.
  

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• noun a farm together with its buildings
  farmstead; farmplace.
  

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• noun a rural area where farming is practiced
  farmland.
  

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• noun a health spa that specializes in helping people lose weight
  

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• (Law), land held of another in fee, in consideration of an annual rent, without homage, fealty, or any other service than that mentioned in the feoffment; an estate in fee simple, subject to a perpetual rent. Blackstone.

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• (Eng. Law), a perpetual rent reserved upon a conveyance in fee simple.

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• noun a workplace (usually a pond) where fish are raised for food
  

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• noun pejorative terms for an insane asylum
  crazy house; cuckoo's nest; Bedlam; snake pit; loony bin; booby hatch; madhouse; nuthouse; sanatorium; nut house; funny house.
  

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• etc., the farm, grounds, etc., adjacent to the residence of the owner.

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• noun a farm that supplies the needs of a large estate of establishment
  

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• noun growing crops and feed and livestock all on the same farm
  

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• a farm on which ostriches are bred for the sake of their feathers, oil, eggs, etc.

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• the occupation of breeding ostriches for the sake of their feathers, etc.

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• noun a farm where pigs are raised or kept
  piggery.
  

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• noun a plot of ground where marijuana is grown and harvested (often hidden in a national forest)
  

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• noun a camp for trustworthy prisoners employed in government projects
  prison camp; work camp.
  

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• noun a farm that is irrigated and fertilized with raw sewage
  

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• noun a farm where horses are bred
  

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• noun farming that provides for the basic needs of the farmer without surpluses for marketing
  

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• noun an area used exclusively for storing petroleum in large tanks
  

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• noun a technique of growing plants (without soil) in water containing dissolved nutrients
  aquiculture; hydroponics.
  

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• to lease on rent.

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• noun a forest (or part of a forest) where trees are grown for commercial use
  

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• noun the cultivation of tree for the production of timber
  arboriculture.
  

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• noun a farm where vegetables are grown for market
  truck garden.
  

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• noun growing vegetables for the market
  

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• raising vegetables for market: market gardening. Colloq. U. S.

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• noun a power plant that uses wind turbines to generate electricity
  wind park; wind energy facility.
  

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