range

1. n. 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. Source: opted

2. n. 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. Source: opted

3. n. To separate into parts; to sift. Source: opted

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

5. n. To rove over or through; as, to range the fields. Source: opted

6. n. To sail or pass in a direction parallel to or near; as, to range the coast. Source: opted

7. n. To be native to, or to live in; to frequent. Source: opted

8. v. i. To rove at large; to wander without restraint or direction; to roam. Source: opted

9. v. i. 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. Source: opted

10. v. i. To be placed in order; to be ranked; to admit of arrangement or classification; to rank. Source: opted

11. v. i. 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. Source: opted

12. v. i. To be native to, or live in, a certain district or region; as, the peba ranges from Texas to Paraguay. Source: opted

13. v. A series of things in a line; a row; a rank; as, a range of buildings; a range of mountains. Source: opted

14. v. An class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/aggregate">aggregate of class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/individuals">individuals in one rank or degree; an order; a class. Source: opted

15. v. The step of a ladder; a rung. Source: opted

16. v. A kitchen grate. Source: opted

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

18. v. A bolting sieve to sift meal. Source: opted

19. v. A wandering or roving; a going to and fro; an excursion; a ramble; an expedition. Source: opted

20. v. 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. Source: opted

21. v. 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. Source: opted

22. v. The region within which a plant or animal naturally lives. Source: opted

23. v. The horizontal distance to which a shot or other projectile is carried. Source: opted

24. v. Sometimes, less properly, the trajectory of a shot or projectile. Source: opted

25. v. A place where shooting, as with cannons or rifles, is practiced. Source: opted

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

27. v. See Range of cable, below. Source: opted

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