Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to farm
Participle: farmed
Gerund: farming
Indicative
Present
| I | farm |
| you | farm |
| he;she;it | farms |
| we | farm |
| you | farm |
| they | farm |
Perfect
| I | have farmed |
| you | have farmed |
| he;she;it | has farmed |
| we | have farmed |
| you | have farmed |
| they | have farmed |
Past
| I | farmed |
| you | farmed |
| he;she;it | farmed |
| we | farmed |
| you | farmed |
| they | farmed |
Pluperfect
| I | had farmed |
| you | had farmed |
| he;she;it | had farmed |
| we | had farmed |
| you | had farmed |
| they | had farmed |
Future
| I | will farm |
| you | will farm |
| he;she;it | will farm |
| we | will farm |
| you | will farm |
| they | will farm |
Future Perfect
| I | will have farmed |
| you | will have farmed |
| he;she;it | will have farmed |
| we | will have farmed |
| you | will have farmed |
| they | will have farmed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | farm |
| you | farm |
| he;she;it | farm |
| we | farm |
| you | farm |
| they | farm |
Perfect
| I | have farmed |
| you | have farmed |
| he;she;it | have farmed |
| we | have farmed |
| you | have farmed |
| they | have farmed |
Imperfect
| I | farmed |
| you | farmed |
| he;she;it | farmed |
| we | farmed |
| you | farmed |
| they | farmed |
Pluperfect
| I | had farmed |
| you | had farmed |
| he;she;it | had farmed |
| we | had farmed |
| you | had farmed |
| they | had farmed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would farm |
| you | would farm |
| he;she;it | would farm |
| we | would farm |
| you | would farm |
| they | would farm |
Perfect
| I | would have farmed |
| you | would have farmed |
| he;she;it | would have farmed |
| we | would have farmed |
| you | would have farmed |
| they | would have farmed |
Imperative
| you | farm |
| we | Let's farm |
| you | farm |
Verbs conjugated like 'farm'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'farm'
arm,
barm,
farb,
fard,
fare,
fark,
farl,
fart,
firm,
form,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1297, from O.Fr.
ferme "lease," from M.L.
firma "fixed payment," from L.
firmare "to fix, settle, confirm, strengthen," from
firmus "firm" (see firm (adj.)). Sense of "tract of leased land" is first recorded 1334; that of "cultivated land" (leased or not) is 1523. The v., in its agricultural sense, is 1719. Original sense is retained in
to farm out. Farmer (1599) replaced native
churl, husbandman. Phrase
buy the farm "die in battle," is at least from World War II, perhaps a cynical reference to the draftee's dream of getting out of the war and going home, in many cases to a peaceful farmstead. But
fetch the farm is prisoner slang from at least 1879 for "get sent to the infirmary," with reference to the better diet and lighter duties there.
2. From Middle English fermen, from Anglo-Norman fermer (“to let out for a fixed payment, lease, rent”) ultimately from the same Old English source as Etymology 1. Compare Old English feormian (“to feed, supply with food, sustain”). See: Middle English '
fermen', Anglo-Norman '
fermer', Old English '
feormian'.
Verbs referencing "farm"
French
farmer, Dutch
farmen, German, old spelling
farmen.
Sample Sentences
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to farm the taxes
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[The East-India Company] have contrived to farm their subjects, and their duties toward these subjects, to that very Nabob, whom they themselves constantly represent as an habitual oppressor and a relentless tyrant. [1783 December 1, “Speech on Mr. Fox's East-India Bill”, in The Works of R.H. Edmund Burke, volume 2, spoken by Edmund Burke, published 1855:]
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We are enforced to farm our royal realm. [1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iv]:]
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In Paris it is stated that nearly half the birth-rate of the city finds its way to nurses who farm babies in the suburbs. [1886, The Fortnightly, volume 46, page 530:]
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When you hit a black pudding with an iron weapon that does at least one point of damage there is a good chance it will divide into two black puddings of the same size (but half the hit points IIRC). […] When eaten black puddings confer several intrinsics so AC [armor class] is not the only potential benefit. […] Since black puddings are formidible^([sic]) monsters for an inexperienced character, farming is also a good way to die. [2004, Doug Freyburger, “Pudding Farming Requires Care”, in rec.games.roguelike.nethack (Usenet):]
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The practice of gold farming is controversial within gaming communities and violates the end user licensing agreements[…] [2010, Robert Alan Brookey, Hollywood Gamers, page 130:]
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This type of SEO farming can be massively lucrative. Digital marketers have built an entire industry on top of credit card affiliate links, from which they then earn a generous profit. [2023 January 19, Mia Sato, Vincent James, “Inside CNET’s AI-powered SEO money machine”, in The Verge:]
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Will AI slop farming ultimately exhaust the soil of online spaces? Will people flee the slop, tolerate it, or even welcome it? Will we ultimately come to love slop? [2025 September 26, Kate Crawford, “Eating the Future: The Metabolic Logic of AI Slop”, in e-flux:]
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X's suspension of the Stake-linked accounts and the UK Gambling Commission's enforcement action represent the first significant consequences for clip farming. [2026 February 11, Boaz Sobrado, “Inside The 'Clipping Farms' Driving Fintech's Marketing Boom”, in Forbes, archived from the original on 26 Feb 2026:]