ranch

• POS: Noun, Verb (intransitive)

CIDE DICTIONARY

ranch, v. t. [Cf. Wrench.].

 To wrench; to tear; to sprain; to injure by violent straining or contortion.  Spenser.  [1913 Webster]

ranch, n. [See Rancho.].

 A tract of land used for grazing and the rearing of horses, cattle, or sheep. See Rancho, 2.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

ranch, n. & v.
--n.
1 a a cattle-breeding establishment esp. in the US and Canada. b a farm where other animals are bred (mink ranch).
2 US a single-storey or split-level house.
--v.intr. farm on a ranch.

Etymology

Sp. rancho group of persons eating together

THESAURUS

ranch

arable land, barnyard, barton, breed, cattle ranch, chicken farm, collective farm, cotton plantation, croft, crop, culture, dairy farm, demesne, demesne farm, dry farm, dryfarm, dude ranch, estate, factory farm, fallow, farm, farmery, farmhold, farmland, farmplace, farmstead, farmyard, fatten, feed, fruit farm, fur farm, garden, grain farm, grange, grassland, grow, hacienda, hatch, home place, homecroft, homefarm, homestead, house and grounds, house and lot, keep, kibbutz, kolkhoz, location, mains, manor farm, messuage, nurture, orchard, pasture, pen, place, plantation, poultry farm, raise, rancheria, rancho, rear, run, sharecrop, sheep farm, station, steading, stock farm, toft, truck farm

ROGET THESAURUS

ranch

Property

N property, possession, suum cuique, meum et tuum, ownership, proprietorship, lordship, seignority, empire, interest, stake, estate, right, title, claim, demand, holding, tenure, vested interest, contingent interest, beneficial interest, equitable interest, use, trust, benefit, legal estate, equitable estate, seizin, seisin, absolute interest, paramount estate, freehold, fee tail, fee simple, estate in fee, estate in tail, estate tail, estate in tail male, estate in tail female, estate in tail general, limitation, term, lease, settlement, strict settlement, particular estate, estate for life, estate for years, estate pur autre vie, remainder, reversion, expectancy, possibility, dower, dowry, jointure, appanage, inheritance, heritage, patrimony, alimony, legacy, Falcidian law, paternal estate, thirds, assets, belongings, means, resources, circumstances, wealth, money, what one is worth, what one will cut up for, estate and effects, landed property, landed real estate property, realty, land, lands, tenements, hereditaments, corporeal hereditaments, incorporeal hereditaments, acres, ground, acquest, messuage, toft, territory, state, kingdom, principality, realm, empire, protectorate, sphere of influence, manor, honor, domain, demesne, farm, plantation, hacienda, allodium, fief, fieff, feoff, feud, zemindary, dependency, arado, merestead, ranch, free lease-holds, copy lease-holds, folkland, chattels real, fixtures, plant, heirloom, easement, right of common, right of user, personal property, personal estate, personal effects, personalty, chattels, goods, effects, movables, stock, stock in trade, things, traps, rattletraps, paraphernalia, equipage, parcels, appurtenances, impedimenta, luggage, baggage, bag and baggage, pelf, cargo, lading, rent roll, income, maul and wedges, patent, copyright, chose in action, credit, debt, one's own, landed, predial, manorial, allodial, free lease-hold, copy lease-hold, feudal, feodal, to one's credit, to one's account, to the good, to one and his heirs for ever, to one and the heirs of his body, to one and his heirs and assigns, to one and his executors administrators and assign.