Idioms for farm
buy the farm, Slang.
to die or be killed.
Origin of farm
1250–1300; Middle English
ferme “lease, rented land, rent,” from Anglo-French, Old French, from Vulgar Latin
ferma (unattested), derivative of
fermāre (unattested) for Latin
firmāre “to make firm, confirm”; see
firm1
OTHER WORDS FROM farm
Words nearby farm
farinelli,
farinose,
farkleberry,
farl,
farley,
farm,
farm belt,
farm bloc,
farm bureau,
farm hand,
farm out
British Dictionary definitions for farm out (1 of 2)
farm out
verb (tr, adverb)
to send (work) to be done by another person, firm, etc; subcontract
to put (a child, etc) into the care of a private individual; foster
to lease to another for a rent or fee the right to operate (a business for profit, land, etc) or the right to collect (taxes)
British Dictionary definitions for farm out (2 of 2)
farm
/ (fɑːm) /
noun
verb
See also
farm out
Derived forms of farm
farmable, adjectiveWord Origin for farm
C13: from Old French
ferme rented land, ultimately from Latin
firmāre to settle
Idioms and Phrases with farm out (1 of 2)
farm out
Assign something to an outsider; subcontract something. For example, The contractor was so busy he had to farm out two jobs to a colleague, or When their mother was hospitalized, the children had to be farmed out to the nearest relatives. This term originally referred to letting or leasing land. Today it usually refers to subcontracting work or the care of a dependent to another. In baseball it means “to assign a player to a lesser (farm) league,” as opposed to a big league. [Mid-1600s]
Idioms and Phrases with farm out (2 of 2)
farm