Ranching
noun, verb
noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The business or activity of operating a ranch, of farming or raising livestock. countable, uncountable
"Ranching is his way of life."
- 2 farming for the raising of livestock (particularly cattle) wordnet
- 3 A ranch. countable, uncountable
"At a later stage we may presume that other plants were found useful, such as the artificial fodder plants which began to be cultivated for cattle when the purely pastoral system of husbandry by nomad tribes came to an end, just as cattle ranchings will do in America at no distant date, it is said."
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of ranch form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"Ranching is common in the western half of South Dakota."
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