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• ranch — ☆ ranch [ranch ] n. [< RANCHO] 1. a large farm, esp. in the W U.S., with its buildings, lands, etc., for the raising of cattle, horses, or sheep in great numbers 2. any large farm devoted to the raising of a particular crop or livestock [a… …   English World dictionary

• Ranch — Ranch, n. [See {Rancho}.] A tract of land used for grazing and the rearing of horses, cattle, or sheep. See {Rancho}, 2. [Western U. S.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• ranch — [ra:ntʃ US ræntʃ] n [Date: 1800 1900; : Mexican Spanish; Origin: rancho, from Spanish, camp, small building, small farm , from French ranger to put in a row ] 1.) a very large farm in the western US and Canada where sheep, cattle, or horses are… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Vey Sheep Ranch Airport — is a private airport located 9 miles south of Starkey in Union County, Oregon, USA.External links …   Wikipedia

• Ranch — This article is about a type of land use and method of raising livestock. For information on people who handle cattle on ranches, see Cowboy. For other uses, see Ranch (disambiguation). View of the Grant Kohrs Ranch near Deer Lodge, Montana A… …   Wikipedia

• Sheep station — A sheep station is a large property (station, the equivalent of a ranch) in Australia or New Zealand whose main activity is the raising of sheep for their wool and meat. In Australia, sheep stations are usually in the south east or south west of… …   Wikipedia

• ranch — ranchless, adj. ranchlike, adj. /ranch/, n. 1. an establishment maintained for raising livestock under range conditions. 2. Chiefly Western U.S. and Canada. a large farm used primarily to raise one kind of crop or animal: a mink ranch. 3. a dude… …   Universalium

• sheep — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ hill (BrE), mountain ▪ lost (often figurative), stray ▪ the doleful cries of lost sheep ▪ He sees it as his duty to take care of the lost sheep …   Collocations dictionary

• ranch — ranch1 [ ræntʃ ] noun count * 1. ) a very large farm in the western U.S. or Canada, where cows, horses, or sheep are kept 2. ) AMERICAN a large farm that produces a particular crop or animal: a chicken ranch 3. ) a RANCH HOUSE ranch ranch 2 [… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• ranch — I. noun Etymology: Mexican Spanish rancho small ranch, from Spanish, camp, hut & Spanish dialect, small farm, from Old Spanish ranchearse to take up quarters, from Middle French se ranger to take up a position, from ranger to set in a row more at …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• ranch — /ræntʃ / (say ranch), /rantʃ/ (say rahnch) noun 1. a farm for cattle, horses, or the like, generally having extensive grazing land: *He had been looking for stray cattle from a ranch –catherine helen spence, 1879. 2. US such a farm for sheep. 3.… …