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Definition of Range
Pronunciation: rānj | v. t. | 1. | 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. | 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. | To separate into parts; to sift. | | 4. | To dispose in a classified or in systematic order; to arrange regularly; as, to range plants and animals in genera and species. | | 5. | To rove over or through; as, to range the fields. | | 6. | To sail or pass in a direction parallel to or near; as, to range the coast. | | 7. | (Biol.) To be native to, or to live in; to frequent. | | v. i. | 1. | To rove at large; to wander without restraint or direction; to roam. | | 2. | 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. | | 3. | To be placed in order; to be ranked; to admit of arrangement or classification; to rank. | | 4. | 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. | | 5. | (Biol.) To be native to, or live in, a certain district or region; as, the peba ranges from Texas to Paraguay. | | n. | 1. | A series of things in a line; a row; a rank; as, a range of buildings; a range of mountains. | | 2. | An aggregate of individuals in one rank or degree; an order; a class. | | 3. | The step of a ladder; a rung. | | 4. | A kitchen grate. | | 5. | An extended cooking apparatus of cast iron, set in brickwork, and affording conveniences for various ways of cooking; also, a kind of cooking stove. | | 6. | A bolting sieve to sift meal. | | 7. | A wandering or roving; a going to and fro; an excursion; a ramble; an expedition. | | 8. | 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. | | 9. | 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. | | 10. | (Biol.) The region within which a plant or animal naturally lives. | | 11. | (Gun.) The horizontal distance to which a shot or other projectile is carried. | | 12. | In the public land system of the United States, a row or line of townships lying between two successive meridian lines six miles apart. | | 13. | (Naut.) See Range of cable, below. |
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