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
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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.
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Sara Belcher, People.com, 19 Nov. 2024
The ranches and dairies of the Point Reyes Seashore Ranchers Association intervened in the suit.
—Richard Halstead, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
Richard Halstead, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
Fischer has deep roots in greater Nebraska, coming from a ranching background in Valentine, a town that hugs the state's northern boarder.
—Maya Marchel Hoff, USA TODAY, 6 Nov. 2024
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Noun
With some help from George, the Native American ranch hand who works for Natty (played by Ben Cardinal), and their mother’s old horse Lightning, the twin girls quickly piece together that the ranch’s financial failings may have more to do with Bart’s meddling than with Natty’s business model.
—Sara Belcher, People.com, 19 Nov. 2024
The ranches and dairies of the Point Reyes Seashore Ranchers Association intervened in the suit.
—Richard Halstead, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
Verb
The agency said the park’s enabling act prohibits it from authorizing housing for members of the public uncoupled to ranching.
—Richard Halstead, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
Fischer has deep roots in greater Nebraska, coming from a ranching background in Valentine, a town that hugs the state's northern boarder.
—Maya Marchel Hoff, USA TODAY, 6 Nov. 2024
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“Ranch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ranch. Accessed 29 Nov. 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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