An extensive farm, especially in the western United States, on which large herds of cattle, sheep, or horses are raised.
A large farm on which a particular crop or kind of animal is raised: a mink ranch.
A house in which the owner of an extensive farm lives.
intr.v.
ranched, ranch·ing, ranch·es To manage or work on a ranch.
[American Spanish rancho, small farm, from Spanish, hut, group of people who eat together, from Old Spanish rancharse, to be billeted, from Old French se ranger, to be arranged, from renc, reng, row, line, of Germanic origin; see sker-2 in Indo-European roots.]
[ranch] 
