ranch

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)A large plot of land used for raising cattle, sheep or other livestock.

   “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 'em up […].””

2. (countable, uncountable)A small farm that cultivates vegetables or livestock, especially one in the Southwestern United States.
3. (countable, uncountable)A house or property on a plot of ranch land.
4. (uncountable)Ranch dressing.

verb

1. (intransitive, transitive)To operate a ranch; to engage in ranching.

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

2. (intransitive, transitive)To work on a ranch.

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