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ranching

ranching

14 2.8
The activity of raising farm animals, especially cattle, on a large farm
  • noun
  • /ˈræntʃɪŋ/
  • US
: ganadería
  • She dreams of owning a large ranching operation dedicated to raising cattle on open fields.
  • cattle ranching
  • sheep ranching
  • livestock ranching

My dad was like a horse trainer, a horseshoer, saddle maker, so, you know, in the ranching industry.

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Examples

  • So, trying your hand at cattle ranching, huh?

    The Air Up There (1994)

  • The island's colonial residents engaged in cattle ranching and small-scale agriculture in tobacco and sugar.

    Academic text (2013)

  • From now on, my people will use their land for game ranching.

    American Virgin (2009)

  • Good ranching families make their livings from that land.

    Our Wild Hearts (2013)

  • Ranching and agriculture are some of the greatest threats facing the Amazon today.

    Dora and the Lost City of Gold (2019)

  • I'm writing a novel about cattle-ranching.

    The Virginian (2014)

  • Tax incentives and subsidies have encouraged the conversion of land to cattle ranching and plantation agriculture.

    Academic text (1992)

  • Commercial logging, cattle ranching, oil exploration, illegal drug plantings, roads, and agriculture have brought deforestation.

    Academic text (1998)

  • Despite the presence of thousands of landless peasants, cattle ranching dominated land use in the vicinity of Xinguara.

    Academic text (1990)

  • Many families depend on ranching to provide for their livelihoods and maintain their way of life.

Synonyms

farming
vsranching
23 1.7

Relating to growing crops and raising animals for food

focuses specifically on raising animals mainly cattle on large properties
pastoralism
vsranching
  • Specialized
1 7.5

A way of life based on raising and moving herds of animals to graze

is a business focused on raising livestock on large stationary farms

How Large

ranching
  • US
14 2.8

Surface Forms

ranching singular
ranchings plural

Morphology

ranching = ranch (transparent) = ranch + ing

Formed regularly from the verb 'ranch' by adding '-ing' to denote the activity or practice of operating a ranch.

Etymology

Ranching comes from the Spanish word rancho, which originally meant a 'group' or a simple 'camp' or 'farm', and the word was used in the American West for large cattle farms. So ranching is the work of raising animals on a ranch, a big farm where cattle and other livestock live.