ranch
noun
an establishment maintained for raising livestock under range conditions.
ranched
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past participleof ranch.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof ranch.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
ranchnounan establishment maintained for raising livestock under range conditions.
Example Sentences
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This weekend, the delegation from Hidden Valley has been mobilized to the New York area—because anything can be ranched.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Park visitors, much to their delight, often encounter the horses while driving or hiking in the rolling, colorful Badlands where a young, future President Theodore Roosevelt hunted and ranched in the 1880s.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 25, 2024
These ancient wetlands had been plundered for timber, then ranched, and finally acquired by the state in the 1970s to nurture back to life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2021
When Letseoma was growing up in this house, her father had farmed and ranched and had owned horses, cattle, sheep, and chickens.
From Slate ● Jan. 29, 2021
As Grandpa got older he ranched less and farmed more, until one day he stopped farming.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
