Definition of "ranch" in англійська

noun

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

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

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

4. (uncountable) Ranch dressing.

verb

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

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

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

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