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
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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John R. Delaney, PC Magazine, 6 Apr. 2026
Located just north of Steamboat Springs on 540 acres in the middle of Colorado’s Routt National Forest, the ranch offers a top-notch horse program (including new draft horse clinics) as well as fly-fishing, mountain biking, and hiking in the summer and Nordic skiing and snowshoeing in the winter.
—Julie Bielenberg, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2026
Rj Sangosti, Denver Post, 5 Apr. 2026
The court sided with the plaintiff, ruling that the ranching company had no right to create barriers to those roads.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Mar. 2026
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Noun
The portable help pendant elicited an immediate response from every room in my single-story three-bedroom ranch and worked perfectly at distances of 100 too 400 feet while outside of my home.
—John R. Delaney, PC Magazine, 6 Apr. 2026
Located just north of Steamboat Springs on 540 acres in the middle of Colorado’s Routt National Forest, the ranch offers a top-notch horse program (including new draft horse clinics) as well as fly-fishing, mountain biking, and hiking in the summer and Nordic skiing and snowshoeing in the winter.
—Julie Bielenberg, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2026
Verb
Using its block system — dividing large agricultural land into manageable sections — the operation will plant only one section this growing season, leaving the remaining five sections for ranching or to sit fallow.
—Rj Sangosti, Denver Post, 5 Apr. 2026
The court sided with the plaintiff, ruling that the ranching company had no right to create barriers to those roads.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Mar. 2026
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“Ranch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ranch. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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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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