ranch

A large plot of land used for raising cattle, sheep or other livestock.countableuncountable

• There was some laughter, and Roddle was left free to expand his ideas on the periodic visits of cowboys to the town. “Mason Rickets, he had ten big punkins a-sittin' in front of his store, an' them fellers from the Upside-down-F ranch shot

A small farm that cultivates vegetables or livestock, especially one in the Southwestern United States.countableuncountable

A house or property on a plot of ranch land.countableuncountable

A ranch-style house.countableuncountable

Ranch dressing.uncountable

To operate a ranch; to engage in ranching.intransitivetransitive

• Formally the widow still ranches, but in fact she leaves all ranching to the foreman.

To work on a ranch.intransitivetransitive

• Bill had ranched only five years when his dad made him foreman.