range

Definitions

1. 1noun

   To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose in the proper order; to rank; as, to range soldiers in line.

2. 2noun

   To place (as a single individual) among others in a line, row, or order, as in the ranks of an army; -- usually, reflexively and figuratively, (in the sense) to espouse a cause, to join a party, etc.

3. 3noun

   To separate into parts; to sift.

4. 4noun

   To dispose in a classified or in systematic order; to arrange regularly; as, to range plants and animals in genera and species.

5. 5noun

   To rove over or through; as, to range the fields.

6. 6noun

   To sail or pass in a direction parallel to or near; as, to range the coast.

7. 7noun

   To be native to, or to live in; to frequent.

8. 8intransitive verb

   To rove at large; to wander without restraint or direction; to roam.

9. 9intransitive verb

   To have range; to change or differ within limits; to be capable of projecting, or to admit of being projected, especially as to horizontal distance; as, the temperature ranged through seventy degrees Fahrenheit; the gun ranges three miles; the shot ranged four miles.

10. 10intransitive verb

    To be placed in order; to be ranked; to admit of arrangement or classification; to rank.

11. 11intransitive verb

    To have a certain direction; to correspond in direction; to be or keep in a corresponding line; to trend or run; -- often followed by with; as, the front of a house ranges with the street; to range along the coast.

12. 12intransitive verb

    To be native to, or live in, a certain district or region; as, the peba ranges from Texas to Paraguay.

13. 13verb

    A series of things in a line; a row; a rank; as, a range of buildings; a range of mountains.

14. 14verb

    An aggregate of individuals in one rank or degree; an order; a class.

15. 15verb

    The step of a ladder; a rung.

16. 16verb

    A kitchen grate.

17. 17verb

    An extended cooking apparatus of cast iron, set in brickwork, and affording conveniences for various ways of cooking; also, a kind of cooking stove.

18. 18verb

    A bolting sieve to sift meal.

19. 19verb

    A wandering or roving; a going to and fro; an excursion; a ramble; an expedition.

20. 20verb

    That which may be ranged over; place or room for excursion; especially, a region of country in which cattle or sheep may wander and pasture.

21. 21verb

    Extent or space taken in by anything excursive; compass or extent of excursion; reach; scope; discursive power; as, the range of one's voice, or authority.

22. 22verb

    The region within which a plant or animal naturally lives.

23. 23verb

    The horizontal distance to which a shot or other projectile is carried.

24. 24verb

    Sometimes, less properly, the trajectory of a shot or projectile.

25. 25verb

    A place where shooting, as with cannons or rifles, is practiced.

26. 26verb

    In the public land system of the United States, a row or line of townships lying between two successive meridian lines six miles apart.

27. 27verb

    See Range of cable, below.

28. 28noun

    a place for shooting (firing or driving) projectiles of various kinds

    "the army maintains a missile range in the desert"

    "any good golf club will have a range where you can practice"

29. 29noun

    a kitchen appliance used for cooking food

    "dinner was already on the stove"

    Synonyms

    stove
30. 30noun

    an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"

    "a piano has a greater range than the human voice"

    "the ambit of municipal legislation"

    Synonyms

    ambitcompassorbitreachscope
31. 31noun

    the limit of capability

    "within the compass of education"

    Synonyms

    compassgraspreach
32. 32noun

    (mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined

    "the image of f(x) = x^2 is the set of all non-negative real numbers if the domain of the function is the set of all real numbers"

    Synonyms

    image
33. 33noun

    a variety of different things or activities

    "he answered a range of questions"

    "he was impressed by the range and diversity of the collection"

34. 34noun

    the limits within which something can be effective

    "range of motion"

    "he was beyond the reach of their fire"

    Synonyms

    reach
35. 35noun

    a large tract of grassy open land on which livestock can graze

    "they used to drive the cattle across the open range every spring"

    "he dreamed of a home on the range"

36. 36noun

    a series of hills or mountains

    "the valley was between two ranges of hills"

    "the plains lay just beyond the mountain range"

    Synonyms

    chain
37. 37verb

    assign a rank or rating to

    "how would you rank these students?"

    "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"

    Synonyms

    gradeorderplacerankrate
38. 38verb

    let eat

    "range the animals in the prairie"

39. 39verb

    lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line

    "lay out the clothes"

    "lay out the arguments"

    Synonyms

    array
40. 40verb

    feed as in a meadow or pasture

    "the herd was grazing"

    Synonyms

    browsecropgrazepasture
41. 41verb

    move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment

    "The gypsies roamed the woods"

    "roving vagabonds"

    Synonyms

    castdriftrambleroamrollrovestrayswantrampvagabondwander
42. 42verb

    range or extend over; occupy a certain area

    "The plants straddle the entire state"

    Synonyms

    straddle
43. 43verb

    change or be different within limits

    "Estimates for the losses in the earthquake range as high as $2 billion"

    "Interest rates run from 5 to 10 percent"

    Synonyms

    run
44. 44verb

    have a range; be capable of projecting over a certain distance, as of a gun

    "This gun ranges over two miles"