farm
noun
a tract of land, usually with a house, barn, silo, etc., on which crops and often livestock are raised for livelihood.
had farmed
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past perfectof farm.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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He said the government paid him roughly $115,000 in compensation to leave land he had farmed for four decades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
His lawsuit alleges a clam harvest worth $500,000 he had farmed the day of his arrest spoiled while he was incarcerated.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 2, 2023
Vessey’s family had farmed this land since the 1950s, churning out lettuce, broccoli and cantaloupes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2023
Her family hadn’t been evicted yet, she said, but the government recently took over the land they had farmed for generations.
From New York Times ● Oct. 17, 2021
A woman whose family had farmed the same land since the eighteenth century was carried from her house kicking and bellowing, to the delight of newspaper photographers and film crews.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
