"ferm" meaning in English

See ferm in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /fɜː(ɹ)m/ Forms: ferms [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)m Etymology: See farm. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} ferm (countable and uncountable, plural ferms)
  1. (obsolete) rent for a farm Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-ferm-en-noun-aFuIME1X
  2. (obsolete) a farm Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-ferm-en-noun-pQAybXy8
  3. (obsolete) an abode or place of residence Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-ferm-en-noun-LrcYgUP7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 8 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ferme

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "See farm.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ferms",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "~"
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  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He let his land to ferm.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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          "farm"
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        "(obsolete) rent for a farm"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "obsolete",
        "uncountable"
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    },
    {
      "categories": [],
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        "a farm"
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      "id": "en-ferm-en-noun-pQAybXy8",
      "links": [
        [
          "farm",
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) a farm"
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      "tags": [
        "countable",
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        "uncountable"
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    },
    {
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        {
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:",
          "text": "Out of her fleshly ferme fled to the place of paine..",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "an abode or place of residence"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) an abode or place of residence"
      ],
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        "countable",
        "obsolete",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/fɜː(ɹ)m/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)m"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "firm"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ferme"
    }
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}
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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms with homophones",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Pages with 9 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)m",
    "Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)m/1 syllable"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "See farm.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ferms",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
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      },
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      ],
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        "(obsolete) rent for a farm"
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        "uncountable"
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      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
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        "(obsolete) a farm"
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      "tags": [
        "countable",
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        "uncountable"
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:",
          "text": "Out of her fleshly ferme fled to the place of paine..",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "an abode or place of residence"
      ],
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      ],
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        "countable",
        "obsolete",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/fɜː(ɹ)m/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)m"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "firm"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "ferme"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ferm"
}

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