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  • past participle of farm.
  • past tense form of farm.

farmed

British  
/ fɑːmd /

adjective

  1. (of fish and game) reared on a farm rather than caught in the wild

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Shadab expertly farmed the strike - Rauf faced only 19 deliveries in a stand that lasted 80 balls.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

She said that her organization represents the “most comprehensive program for farmed seafood,” partly because it covers the “entire aquaculture production chain.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

In late September, a Kenyan court ordered a pause to construction after more than 100 Lamu residents sued alleging that the refinery threatened ancestral land where they had farmed and buried their families for generations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

Steve Cargil's family has farmed the flat, dry land around Uvalde, a small city in southwest Texas, since 1953.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

By the year 700, Indians as far away as New England and Canada farmed maize.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan

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