Synonyms:
ranch, spread, cattle_ranch, cattle_farm
Meaning: farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle)
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
ranch
Meaning: manage or run a ranch; "Her husband is ranching in Arizona"
Usage examples
"About seven miles to the eastward of the ranch.
We can ride about the ranch if it would please you."
The man has to stay at the ranch of nights, though."
"You find it hard to get help on the ranch?" inquired the stranger.
I'll try Jack's ranch awhile and top off with the Klondike and whiskey.
"Jack and I are holding down the ranch just now; the boys are all on roundup, of course.
The poor fellow regained consciousness, and managed by morning to crawl six miles to a ranch.
The ranch house--a two-room box structure--was on the rise of a gently swelling hill in the midst of a wilderness of high chaparral.
Well, we rode twelve miles without seeing one living thing, and then we came to a little adobe ranch where we dismounted to rest a while.
This being a business trip of some importance, and the Chapman ranch being almost a small town in population and size, Sam had decided to "dress up" accordingly.