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Range
Range Range, v. i.
1. To rove at large; to wander without restraint or
direction; to roam.
Like a ranging spaniel that barks at every bird he
sees. --Burton.
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.
And range with humble livers in content. --Shak.
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.
Which way the forests range. --Dryden.
5. (Biol.) To be native to, or live in, a certain district or
region; as, the peba ranges from Texas to Paraguay.
Syn: To rove; roam; ramble; wander; stroll.
RangeRange Range, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ranged; p. pr. & vb. n.
Ranging.] [OE. rengen, OF. rengier, F. ranger, OF. renc
row, rank, F. rang; of German origin. See Rane, n.]
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.
Maccabeus ranged his army by hands. --2 Macc. xii.
20.
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.
It would be absurd in me to range myself on the side
of the Duke of Bedford and the corresponding
society. --Burke.
3. To separate into parts; to sift. [Obs.] --Holland.
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.
Teach him to range the ditch, and force the brake.
--Gay.
6. To sail or pass in a direction parallel to or near; as, to
range the coast.
Note: Compare the last two senses (5 and 6) with the French
ranger une c[^o]te.
7. (Biol.) To be native to, or to live in; to frequent.
Meaning of Range from wikipedia
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Range Rover,
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group The
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- A
shooting range,
firing range, gun
range or
shooting ground is a
specialized facility, venue, or
field designed specifically for
firearm usage qualifications...
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Short range air
defense (SHORAD) is a
group of anti-aircraft
weapons and
tactics that have to do with
defense against low-altitude air threats, primarily...
- A
mountain range or hill
range is a
series of
mountains or
hills arranged in a line and
connected by high ground. A
mountain system or
mountain belt is...
- In statistics, the mid-
range or mid-extreme is a
measure of
central tendency of a
sample defined as the
arithmetic mean of the
maximum and
minimum values...
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Vocal range is the
range of
pitches that a
human voice can phonate. A
common application is
within the
context of singing,
where it is used as a defining...
- Free-
range parenting is the
concept of
raising children in the
spirit of
encouraging them to
function independently and with
limited parental supervision...
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Range coding (or
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