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ranch

   [ranch]
noun
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 ranch.
4.
the persons employed or living on a ranch.
5.
ranch house.
verb (used without object)
6.
to manage or work on a ranch.

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Origin:
1800–10, Americanism; < Spanish rancho rancho

Related forms
ranch·less, adjective
ranch·like, adjective
un·ranched, adjective
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ranch (rɑːntʃ)
 
—n
1.  a large tract of land, esp one in North America, together with the necessary personnel, buildings, and equipment, for rearing livestock, esp cattle
2.  a.  any large farm for the rearing of a particular kind of livestock or crop: a mink ranch
 b.  the buildings, land, etc, connected with it
 
—vb
3.  (intr) to manage or run a ranch
4.  (tr) to raise (animals) on or as if on a ranch
 
[C19: from Mexican Spanish rancho small farm; see rancho]

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ranch
1808, "country house," from Amer.Sp. rancho "small farm, group of farm huts," from Sp. rancho, originally, "group of people who eat together," from ranchear "to lodge or station," from O.Fr. ranger "install in position," from rang "row, line" (see rank (n.)). Sense of "large
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cattle-breeding estate" is from 1831. Meaning "single-story split-level house" is from 1960. Ranchero "one employed on a ranch" is from 1826.
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ranch definition


  1. n.
    semen. (Alludes to Ranch [salad] dressing. Objectionable if understood.) : God! There's ranch on the bathroom floor!
  2. in.
    to ejaculate. (Objectionable if understood.) : Just looking at her makes me want to ranch.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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