Noun

1. A large plot of land used for raising cattle, sheep or other livestock.
2. A small farm that cultivates vegetables and/or livestock.
3. A house or property on a ranch land.
4. A type of salad dressing.

Verb

1. To operate a ranch; engage in ranching.

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

2. To work on a ranch

   Bill had ranched only five years when his dad made him foreman