Definition of "ranching" [ranching]

• Present participle of ranch. (verb)
• The business or activity of operating a ranch, of farming or raising livestock. (noun)
• A ranch. (noun)

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• "I think you seem an intelligent fellow and admire your enterprise if you and your family are engaged in ranching and agricultural pursuits as well as owning tiendas in Tabasco."
• "If ranching is really better for the land than farming, let the ranchers graze on their own land!"
• "This procedure is known as ranching and also requires that a certain percentage of the animals reared in such a way, be returned to replenish the natural population."