"ranch" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɹɑːntʃ/ [UK], /ɹænt͡ʃ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-ranch.ogg [US] Forms: ranches [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑːntʃ, -æntʃ Etymology: Recorded since 1808, farm sense since 1831. From American Spanish rancho (“small farm, group of farm huts”), in Spanish originally “group of people who eat together”, from ranchear (“to lodge or station”), from Old French ranger (“install in position”), from rang (“row, line”) (cognate with English rank) Etymology templates: {{der|en|es|rancho||small farm, group of farm huts}} Spanish rancho (“small farm, group of farm huts”), {{m|es|ranchear||to lodge or station}} ranchear (“to lodge or station”), {{der|en|fro|ranger||install in position}} Old French ranger (“install in position”), {{m|fro|rang||row, line}} rang (“row, line”), {{cog|en|rank}} English rank Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} ranch (countable and uncountable, plural ranches)
  1. A large plot of land used for raising cattle, sheep or other livestock. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (large plot of land): ранчо (rančo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), ranxo [masculine] (Catalan), pkwachi (Chamicuro), 牧場 (Chinese Mandarin), 牧场 (mùchǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), ranch [common-gender] (Danish), veefokkerij [feminine] (Dutch), landgoed [neuter] (Dutch), ranĉo (Esperanto), ranch [masculine] (French), Ranch [feminine] (German), farm (Hungarian), rancho (Ido), ランチ (ranchi) (Japanese), 牧場 (bokujō) (alt: ぼくじょう) (Japanese), 목장 (mokjang) (Korean), lātifundium [neuter] (Latin), rancho [masculine] (Portuguese), ра́нчо (ránčo) [neuter] (Russian), фе́рма (férma) [feminine] (Russian), ранч [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ranč [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), rancho [masculine] (Spanish), ranchi (Swahili), ràncuʼúna (Taos), điền trang (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-ranch-en-noun-6cStaCaC Disambiguation of 'large plot of land': 79 0 21 0
  2. A small farm that cultivates vegetables and/or livestock, especially one in the Southwestern United States. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (small farm that cultivates vegetables or livestock): ранчо (rančo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), ranč [masculine] (Czech), ranch (Dutch), ranĉo (Esperanto), ranch [masculine] (French), Ranch [masculine] (German), Farm [feminine] (German), rancho (Ido), ranch (Italian), ranczo [neuter] (Polish), rancho [neuter] (Polish), chácara [feminine] (Portuguese), ра́нчо (ránčo) [neuter] (Russian), фе́рма (férma) [feminine] (Russian), ранч [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ranč [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), rancho [masculine] (Spanish), ranchi (Swahili)
    Sense id: en-ranch-en-noun-Bc1C1Vvw Disambiguation of 'small farm that cultivates vegetables or livestock': 15 66 1 19
  3. A house or property on a plot of ranch land. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (house or property on a ranch land): ра́нчо (ránčo) [neuter] (Russian), фе́рма (férma) [feminine] (Russian), ранч [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ranč [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-ranch-en-noun-TvxPo3AC Disambiguation of 'house or property on a ranch land': 14 3 84 0
  4. (uncountable) Ranch dressing. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Agriculture, Condiments
    Sense id: en-ranch-en-noun-scfGIATZ Disambiguation of Agriculture: 10 19 2 64 3 2 Disambiguation of Condiments: 10 28 2 49 5 6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 24 0 61 3 2 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 11 21 0 63 3 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Verb

IPA: /ɹɑːntʃ/ [UK], /ɹænt͡ʃ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-ranch.ogg [US] Forms: ranches [present, singular, third-person], ranching [participle, present], ranched [participle, past], ranched [past]
Rhymes: -ɑːntʃ, -æntʃ Etymology: Recorded since 1808, farm sense since 1831. From American Spanish rancho (“small farm, group of farm huts”), in Spanish originally “group of people who eat together”, from ranchear (“to lodge or station”), from Old French ranger (“install in position”), from rang (“row, line”) (cognate with English rank) Etymology templates: {{der|en|es|rancho||small farm, group of farm huts}} Spanish rancho (“small farm, group of farm huts”), {{m|es|ranchear||to lodge or station}} ranchear (“to lodge or station”), {{der|en|fro|ranger||install in position}} Old French ranger (“install in position”), {{m|fro|rang||row, line}} rang (“row, line”), {{cog|en|rank}} English rank Head templates: {{en-verb}} ranch (third-person singular simple present ranches, present participle ranching, simple past and past participle ranched)
  1. To operate a ranch; to engage in ranching.
    Sense id: en-ranch-en-verb-3x-i9utE
  2. To work on a ranch.
    Sense id: en-ranch-en-verb-jsavUR1U

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "牧場"
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      "sense": "large plot of land",
      "word": "牧场"
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      "word": "목장"
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      "lang": "Russian",
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      "word": "điền trang"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "small farm that cultivates vegetables or livestock",
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      ],
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    },
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      "audio": "en-us-ranch.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/69/En-us-ranch.ogg/En-us-ranch.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/En-us-ranch.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
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}

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