| range |
noun |
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., 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., To separate into parts; to sift., To dispose in a classified or in systematic order; to arrange regularly; as, to range plants and animals in genera and species., To rove over or through; as, to range the fields., To sail or pass in a direction parallel to or near; as, to range the coast., To be native to, or to live in; to frequent., To rove at large; to wander without restraint or direction; to roam., 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., To be placed in order; to be ranked; to admit of arrangement or classification; to rank., 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., To be native to, or live in, a certain district or region; as, the peba ranges from Texas to Paraguay., A series of things in a line; a row; a rank; as, a range of buildings; a range of mountains., An aggregate of individuals in one rank or degree; an order; a class., The step of a ladder; a rung., A kitchen grate., An extended cooking apparatus of cast iron, set in brickwork, and affording conveniences for various ways of cooking; also, a kind of cooking stove., A bolting sieve to sift meal., A wandering or roving; a going to and fro; an excursion; a ramble; an expedition., 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., 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., The region within which a plant or animal naturally lives., The horizontal distance to which a shot or other projectile is carried., Sometimes, less properly, the trajectory of a shot or projectile., A place where shooting, as with cannons or rifles, is practiced., In the public land system of the United States, a row or line of townships lying between two successive meridian lines six miles apart., See Range of cable, below. |