| Range (range) |
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| v. t. | (r&amacr]nj) |
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| Range |
| [imp.
*** p. p. Ranged (r&amacr]njd); p. pr. *** vb.
n. Ranging (r&amacr]n"j***ibreve]ng).] [OE.
rengen, OF. rengier, F. ranger, OF. renc
row, rank, F. rang |
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.
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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.
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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.
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.
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