1
: a large farm for raising horses, beef cattle, or sheep
2
: a farm or area devoted to a particular specialty
3
ranched; ranching; ranches
: to live or work on a ranch
Synonyms
Examples of ranch in a Sentence
Noun
lives on a cattle ranch in Texas that's as big as the whole state of Rhode Island
Verb
My grandfather started ranching here 150 years ago.
The family has ranched 10,000 acres here for the past 150 years.
The family has been ranching cattle here for 150 years.
Recent Examples on the Web
Usa Today Network, USA TODAY, 10 July 2024
Among French Fry Day deals are: Checkers & Rally's free fries
Checkers & Rally’s customers can get a free regular size Fully Loaded Fries, topped with cheese, ranch and crispy bacon, with any purchase in the rewards app July 12-14.
—Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 9 July 2024
Manuela Andreoni Victor Moriyama, New York Times, 2 May 2024
Any stricter, and the rule would have generated unmanageable opposition from the business, agricultural, and ranching sectors, among others.
—Patricia Nogueira-Neidlinger, Foreign Affairs, 29 June 2016
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Noun
Fries come as a side or with ramekins of ketchup, ranch or honey mustard dressing.
—Usa Today Network, USA TODAY, 10 July 2024
Among French Fry Day deals are: Checkers & Rally's free fries
Checkers & Rally’s customers can get a free regular size Fully Loaded Fries, topped with cheese, ranch and crispy bacon, with any purchase in the rewards app July 12-14.
—Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 9 July 2024
Verb
Its aim, along with a handful of other companies, is to create a whole new industry that can make standing trees, which store planet-warming carbon, more lucrative than the world’s biggest driver of deforestation: cattle ranching.
—Manuela Andreoni Victor Moriyama, New York Times, 2 May 2024
Any stricter, and the rule would have generated unmanageable opposition from the business, agricultural, and ranching sectors, among others.
—Patricia Nogueira-Neidlinger, Foreign Affairs, 29 June 2016
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“Ranch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ranch. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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ranch
1 of 2 noun1
: a place for the raising of livestock (as cattle, horses, or sheep) on range
2
: a farm devoted to a specific crop or kind of animal
a fruit ranch
a mink ranch
ranch
2 of 2 verb
: to live or work on a ranch
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