<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>an establishment maintained for raising livestock under range conditions.</li><li>chiefly Western U.S. and Canada.</li><li>a large farm used primarily to raise one kind of crop or animal: a mink ranch.</li><li>a dude ranch.</li><li>the persons employed or living on a ranch.</li><li>ranch house.</li><li>ranch dressing: I’ll have the small salad, with ranch on the side.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used without object) to manage or work on a ranch.</li></ul>