Meaning

• A large plot of land used for raising cattle, sheep or other livestock.

• A small farm that cultivates vegetables and/or livestock, especially one in the Southwestern United States.

• A house or property on a plot of ranch land.

• Ranch dressing.

Meaning

• To operate a ranch; engage in ranching.

  "Formally the widow still ranches, but in fact she leaves all ranching to the foreman."

• To work on a ranch