Synonyms for ranched
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : ranch |
| Phonetic Transcription : ræntʃ |
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Définition of ranched
Origin :- 1808, "country house," from American Spanish rancho "small farm, group of farm huts," from Spanish rancho "mess-room," originally, "group of people who eat together," from ranchear "to lodge or station," from Old French ranger "install in position," from rang "row, line" (see rank (n.)).
- Sense of "large stock-farm and herding establishment" is from 1831. Of houses, "single-story, split-level" (adj.) from 1950; as a noun from 1960. Ranch-house attested from 1862.
- As in farm : verb produce crops, raise animals
- I know a lot about horses, and he's ranched some before—this English duck.
- Extract from : « McTeague » by Frank Norris
- After he had finished his first season of work as sheriff and as United States marshal, Garrett ranched it for a time.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Outlaw » by Emerson Hough
- He had ranched in Canada, and had also done something vague of the outdoor kind in Texas.
- Extract from : « December Love » by Robert Hichens
- If these weren't modern days he'd come near bein' a gun-man, same as we had in Texas, when I ranched there in the 'seventies.
- Extract from : « The Light of Western Stars » by Zane Grey
- For a time he "ranched" without success, and was heard of as a frequenter of saloons.
- Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, June 14 1890 » by Various
Antonyms for ranched
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