farm vs sow

farm

verb
  • To grow (a particular crop). 

  • To engage in grinding (repetitive activity) in a particular area or against specific enemies for a particular drop or item. 

  • To work on a farm, especially in the growing and harvesting of crops. 

  • To devote (land) to farming. 

  • To give up to another, as an estate, a business, the revenue, etc., on condition of receiving in return a percentage of what it yields; to farm out. 

  • To cleanse; clean out; put in order; empty; empty out 

noun
  • The letting-out of public revenue to a ‘farmer’; the privilege of farming a tax or taxes. 

  • A tract of land held on lease for the purpose of cultivation. 

  • A place where agricultural and similar activities take place, especially the growing of crops or the raising of livestock. 

  • The body of farmers of public revenues. 

  • A group of coordinated servers. 

  • A location used for an industrial purpose, having many similar structures 

  • A baby farm. 

  • A fixed yearly sum accepted from a person as a composition for taxes or other moneys which he is empowered to collect; also, a fixed charge imposed on a town, county, etc., in respect of a tax or taxes to be collected within its limits. 

  • The condition of being let at a fixed rent; lease; a lease. 

sow

verb
  • To scatter, disperse, or plant (seeds). 

  • To scatter over; to besprinkle. 

  • To spread abroad; to propagate. 

noun
  • A mass of metal solidified in a mold. 

  • A sowbug. 

  • A female bear, she-bear. 

  • A contemptible, often fat woman. 

  • A female guinea pig. 

  • A channel that conducts molten metal to molds. 

  • A kind of covered shed, formerly used by besiegers in filling up and passing the ditch of a besieged place, sapping and mining the wall, etc. 

  • A female pig. 

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