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splashed onto the rug. She splashed her face with cold water. She poured a large gin and splashed soda into it from a siphon. 2 [I usually + adverb or preposition] to move in water so that drops of it go in all directions: The kids were splashing (about/around) in the shallow end of the swimming pool. farm an area of land, together with house and buildings, used for growing crops and/or keeping animals as a business: a dairy/arable farm farm animals fresh farm produce farm workers 2 a place where a particular type of animal is raised in large numbers to be sold: a sheep/fish/mink farm v. to use land for growing crops and/or raising animals as a business: The Stamfords have farmed this land for over a hundred years. lame adj. (especially of animals) not able to walk correctly because of physical injury to or weakness in the legs or feet The horse went lame. firm adj. 1 well fixed in place or position: The bridge provided a firm platform for the bungee jumpers. 2 fixed at the same level or opinion and not changing: The government remains firm in its opposition to tax reform. rigid adj. stiff or fixed。 T] to go into or through sth., making a hole in it using a sharp point: The needle pierces the fabric four times a second. I couldn’t wear these earrings because my ears aren’t pierced. The gun fires a shell capable of piercing the armour of an enemy tank. The hole they drilled pierces 6 km into the earth’s crust. 2 [T] (of a light, sound, etc.) to suddenly be seen or heard, despite darkness, noise, etc: A few rays of sunlight pierced the smoke. piercing adj. 1 going through or into sth.: Troops have been issued with new armourpiercing antitank grenades. FIGURATIVE We shivered in the piercing wind. 2 describes a sound that is high, loud and unpleasant: piercing screams 3 a piercing criticism/q