ranching

ranch  (rnch)

n.

1. An extensive farm, especially in the western United States, on which large herds of cattle, sheep, or horses are raised.

2. A large farm on which a particular crop or kind of animal is raised: a mink ranch.

3. 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.

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[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.]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

ranching - farming for the raising of livestock (particularly cattle) farming, husbandry, agriculture - the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock roundup - the activity of gathering livestock together so that they can be counted or branded or sold

Translations

ranching [ˈrɑːntʃɪŋ] N → ganadería f