Antonyms for ranching

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : ranch

Phonetic Transcription : ræntʃ

Definition of ranching

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 animal husbandry : noun breeding and caring for farm animals
As in farming : noun producing crops, raising animals
As in farm : verb produce crops, raise animals

Example sentences :

A bit of ranching and 39 my work here in the shop keeps me busy enough.
Extract from : « The Spoilers of the Valley » by Robert Watson

Who, after all, could blame him for fathering thoughts that ranching was not all it was supposed to be?
Extract from : « The Spoilers of the Valley » by Robert Watson

His drooping spirit revived; she was getting tired of ranching.
Extract from : « Peak and Prairie » by Anna Fuller

Perhaps you will find it easier after a week or two of ranching.
Extract from : « Peak and Prairie » by Anna Fuller

"Ranching and hunting was no bed of roses," some one who knew him at that time has said.
Extract from : « American Boy's Life of Theodore Roosevelt » by Edward Stratemeyer

In his ranching days, that training with his fists stood him in good stead.
Extract from : « Theodore Roosevelt and His Times » by Harold Howland

While allied by every tie of blood to the ranching interests, he had never been identified with them.
Extract from : « The Octopus » by Frank Norris

Then, when I had money enough, I put it into land, and went to ranching.
Extract from : « Desert Conquest » by A. M. Chisholm

Of these, the larger proportion were engaged in ranching and stock-raising.
Extract from : « Buckskin Mose » by Buckskin Mose

In addition to ranching, he also engaged extensively in cattle-raising.
Extract from : « Sixty Years in Southern California 1853-1913 » by Harris Newmark

Synonyms for ranching

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