farm
noun
a tract of land, usually with a house, barn, silo, etc., on which crops and often livestock are raised for livelihood.
are farming
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present progressiveof farm.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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“There are some young teachers who are farming out the thinky part of teaching, and that scares me.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
So are farming methods built around agro-ecological principles where the health of the land and fairness are prioritised.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2023
However it happened, anywhere between 20,000 and 130,000 people — estimates range wildly — are farming illegally within Bukit Barisan Selatan.
From New York Times ● Aug. 11, 2021
A third of food produced globally is wasted, while many of the world’s hungriest people are farming cash crops such as flowers and tobacco, the students say.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 5, 2020
These creatures apparently haven't reached any stage of development higher than the herd instinct, and yet they are farming.
From The Unprotected Species by Melvin Sturgis
