ranch

Plural: ranches

Noun

• farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle)
• A large plot of land used for raising cattle, sheep or other livestock.
• A small farm that cultivates vegetables or livestock, especially one in the Southwestern United States.
• A house or property on a plot of ranch land.
• Ranch dressing.

Verb

Verb Forms: ranched, ranching, ranches

• To work or manage a ranch, an establishment for raising livestock.
• manage or run a ranch
  • "Her husband is ranching in Arizona"
• To operate a ranch; to engage in ranching.
• To work on a ranch.

Examples

• Bill had ranched only five years when his dad made him foreman.
• Formally the widow still ranches, but in fact she leaves all ranching to the foreman.
• He decided to ranch his high-scoring tiles, saving them for a perfect opening on Words With Friends.

Synonyms

cattle farm, cattle ranch, spread

Anagrams of ranch