ranched

Verb

ranch (third-person singular simple present ranches, present participle ranching, simple past and past participle ranched)

1. (intransitive, transitive) To operate a ranch; to engage in ranching.
   • Formally the widow still ranches, but in fact she leaves all ranching to the foreman.
2. (intransitive, transitive) To work on a ranch.
   • Bill had ranched only five years when his dad made him foreman.

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