(v. t.) To wrench; to tear; to sprain; to injure by violent straining or contortion.
(n.) A tract of land used for grazing and the rearing of horses, cattle, or sheep. See Rancho, 2.
Example Sentences:
(1) Ranch and management x ranch effects accounted for more of the variation in shrink than PC did.
(2) These results indicate overall productivity estimates of 51 and 120 kg of weaner calf per cow per year and 86 and 188 kg of 18-month old calf per cow per year for the cattle post and fenced ranch respectively.
(3) But their joy didn't last long; a week later, 11 rhino were found on a single day at two private ranches northwest of Johannesburg.
(4) In the video, Pablo Hernan Sierra says he organised a militia that operated from the Guacharacas ranch owned by Uribe's family in the northwestern state of Antioquia in 1996 when Uribe was the state's governor.
(5) From the latter finding, it can be inferred that the 4 serodemes were present on the ranch throughout the study period.
(6) The practicing veterinarian or animal husbandman must evaluate the specific climatic conditions prevailing on the farm or ranch in question and integrate the components of that climate into the management or health practices to be recommended.
(7) In 2003 he was the subject of a documentary by the British filmmaker Martin Bashir in which he admitted to sleeping in the same room as children at his ranch.
(8) Other hobbies included watching husbands die, remarrying on the Southfork ranch lawn, and being played by a different actor for a season.
(9) Bundy is accused of recruiting hundreds of supporters to his ranch in 2014, where the US bureau of land management was making arrangements for his cattle to be impounded due to unpaid grazing fees and fines dating back to 1998.
(10) The potential impact on aquatic ecosystems of supplementing the diets of beef cattle with selenium (Se) was studied on 4 northern California ranches.
(11) The oil's back too, gushing forth on Southfork ranch within seconds of the start of the new pilot.
(12) All mink on the ranches were tested during the pelting season and before the breeding season for 4 consecutive years.
(13) Federal police had said they encountered a truck and took fire from its passengers before being led to the ranch.
(14) The frequency of trypanosome infection in Glossina morsitans submorsitans and G. tachinoides, at the game ranch of Nazinga (Burkina Faso), was examined.
(15) Local power officials at the meeting said the move would also cut power to several surrounding ranches and that the only way to isolate the wildlife refuge would be to send men to the site to cut the local lines.
(16) From serum specimens taken in 1982 and 1987, the median half-life of 2,3,7,8-TCDD in these Ranch Hand veterans was found to be 7.1 yr (95% confidence interval about the median of 5.8-9.6 yr).
(17) Half-body tick collections and visual assessment of tick burdens were performed monthly over six months on 100 bulls at the Kenya National Boran Stud, Mutara Ranch, Kenya.
(18) He claims that since he began working with lions at the ranch in January, the owners have not sold on any lions to be hunted.
(19) Rancher Cliven Bundy outside his ranch house on April 11.
(20) They are kept in a small pen behind the Lion's Den, a pub on a ranch in desolate countryside 75 miles south of Johannesburg.
Ranchero
Definition:
(n.) A herdsman; a peasant employed on a ranch or rancho.
(n.) The owner and occupant of a ranch or rancho.
Example Sentences:
(1) It’s just a shack with a sand floor, but the fish tacos and huevos rancheros (fried eggs with spicy tomato) are fantastic, and margaritas are the order of the day.
(2) Expect the menu to feature such dishes as huevos rancheros ; pea fritters with labneh, poached eggs, sumac and pistachios; and toasted sourdough with Vegemite, smashed avocado, feta, mint and popped quinoa.
(3) To single out one is hard, but Mamarracha, with a menu that ranges from huevos rancheros to risotto but stars plenty of fish and meat cooked over charcoal, always delivers.