farm out
verb
farmed out; farming out; farms out
1
: to turn over for performance by another usually under contract
farm out a job
2
a
: to put (someone, such as a child) into the hands of another for care
b
: to send (an athlete, such as a baseball player) to a farm team
3
: to exhaust (land) by farming especially by continuously raising one crop
Examples of farm out in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Overall, the Trump administration’s vision for the Justice Department, as outlined in the memo, is to downsize by consolidating some work inside its headquarters, while farming out other responsibilities to the U.S. attorney’s offices.
—
Devlin Barrett, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Sadly, a 1994 fire put the farm out of business, but the family continues to run an apparently thriving bed and breakfast at the same site.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 21 Mar. 2025
Wyle: Somewhere between a third and a half of these scripts get farmed out to Dr. Joe Sachs, who puts the medical terminology and who does what in the scene based on the hierarchy and the level of expertise of the character, and the internal friction between the characters.
—Max Gao, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
There are still a lot of larger farms out here that are still not developed.
—Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 11 June 2024
See All Example Sentences for farm out
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Devlin Barrett, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Sadly, a 1994 fire put the farm out of business, but the family continues to run an apparently thriving bed and breakfast at the same site.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 21 Mar. 2025
Wyle: Somewhere between a third and a half of these scripts get farmed out to Dr. Joe Sachs, who puts the medical terminology and who does what in the scene based on the hierarchy and the level of expertise of the character, and the internal friction between the characters.
—Max Gao, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
There are still a lot of larger farms out here that are still not developed.
—Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 11 June 2024
See All Example Sentences for farm out
Cite this Entry
“Farm out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/farm%20out. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share