farm
noun
a tract of land, usually with a house, barn, silo, etc., on which crops and often livestock are raised for livelihood.
have farmed
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present perfectof farm.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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But the protesting families, most of whom earn a living from daily wage work, say they have farmed the land for generations.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
I was on Oakland Green Farm in Loudoun County, Va., a property that nine generations of the same family have farmed since the early 1700s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
Abuel-Ezz’s family have farmed in Rosetta for generations, and he and his two brothers cultivate two farms of mango and citrus, five acres each.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2022
Along the Yangtze River and farther south, people have farmed paddy rice for generations.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 28, 2022
I know that I should thus far have farmed to far better purpose, if I had been master even of so much Science as already exists.
From What I know of farming: a series of brief and plain expositions of practical agriculture as an art based upon science by Horace Greeley
