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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
farm
1 buildings and land 2 the work of a farm 3 animals 4 crops the countryside COUNTRY see also ANIMAL, FOOD
1 buildings and land - an area of land and buildings used for growing crops and keeping animals: farm - the house on a farm where the farmer lives: farmhouse - an outside area near a farmhouse that is surrounded by buildings and walls: farmyard - a large building on a farm in which crops or animals are kept: barn - a building on a farm used for animals: shed a cowshed ◎ the milking sheds - a building where milk is kept and butter and cheese are made: dairy - land that is used for growing crops or keeping animals: farmland (noun U) - an area of land on a farm, used for growing crops or keeping animals: field - a field or an area of land on a farm where grass is grown to feed cows: pasture (noun C/U) - a large area of land, usually in a tropical country, where a crop like tea, cotton or tobacco is grown: plantation a coffee/cotton/banana plantation ※ more on fields FIELD
2 the work of a farm - to use land for growing crops or keeping animals: farm (sth) Who farms the land around the village? - the work or business of keeping or managing a farm: farming (noun U), (formal) agriculture (noun U); adjective: agricultural the farming industry ◎ mixed farming (= producing both animals and crops) the Ministry of Agriculture ◎ agricultural land - a person who owns or manages a farm: farmer - a person who works on a farm: farm worker, farm labourer - crops, animals and dairy products produced on a farm: produce (noun U) agricultural produce
3 animals - a farm which keeps cows and produces mainly milk and milk products: dairy farm; the work or business of keeping or managing a dairy farm: dairy farming (noun U) - a large area of farm land, especially in America, where cows and horses are kept: ranch; the work or business of keeping or managing a ranch: ranching (noun U) a cattle ranch - a farm where pigs are kept: pig farm - a farm where sheep are kept: sheep farm - a person who looks after sheep: shepherd - animals on a farm: livestock (noun U) - to give an animal food: feed* sth (on sth) We're having to feed our pigs on apples and cabbages! - food that is given to farm animals: feed (noun U) cattle feed - a long narrow container from which farm animals eat and drink: trough - grass which has been cut and dried and is used for feeding animals: hay (noun U) - dried stems of wheat plants which are used for animals to sleep on: straw (noun U) ※ farm animals BIRD 2, COW, HORSE, PIG, SHEEP
4 crops - plants that are grown on a farm for food: crop (usually plural) The main crops are oats and barley. - a farm where crops are grown: arable farm; the work or business of keeping or managing an arable farm: arable farming (noun U) - to prepare land to grow crops: cultivate sth to cultivate the soil - to put seeds, etc in the ground to grow crops: sow* sth to sow a field with wheat ◎ Have they sown the potatoes yet? - to supply land and crops with water through pipes, channels, etc: irrigate sth; noun (U): irrigation - to put natural or artificial substances on land to make it more fertile: fertilize sth; a substance used for fertilizing: fertilizer (noun U) - to cut or pick crops when they are ready: harvest (sth); the work of harvesting, or the time when this is done: harvest - the crops that have been gathered in: harvest a good/bad harvest - a large vehicle that is used for heavy work on farms: tractor - a machine which is pulled along by a tractor to break up and turn over the soil: plough (AmE plow) - to break up and turn over the soil before planting crops: plough (AmE plow)(sth) - a machine that cuts corn and separates seeds from the stem: combine, combine harvester - a crop which is grown to produce seeds which are made into flour, etc: cereal crop - some common cereal crops: wheat (noun U), barley (noun U), maize (noun U), rice (noun U) - a general word for crops such as wheat: corn (noun U) - seeds obtained from corn: grain (noun U) an increase in exports of grain - a single seed of corn: grain a grain of wheat - the top part of a plant that produces grains: ear an ear of corn - the hard part at the top of a maize plant, on which the grains grow: (corn) cob, cob ※ MORE ... - keeping farm animals in such a way as to make them produce as much as possible: factory farming (noun U) - methods of farming which use chemicals, etc in order to produce as much as possible: intensive farming (noun U) - methods of farming which do not use artificial chemicals: organic farming (noun U)
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