Range

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (intransitive), Verb (transitive)

CIDE DICTIONARY

Range, v. t. [OE. rengen, OF. rengier, F. ranger, OF. renc row, rank, F. rang; of German origin. See Rank, 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.  [1913 Webster]

  "Maccabeus ranged his army by bands."  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [1913 Webster]

  "It would be absurd in me to range myself on the side of the Duke of Bedford and the corresponding society."  [1913 Webster]
•  To separate into parts; to sift.  Holland.  [1913 Webster]
•  To dispose in a classified or in systematic order; to arrange regularly; as, to range plants and animals in genera and species.  [1913 Webster]
•  To rove over or through; as, to range the fields.  [1913 Webster]

  "Teach him to range the ditch, and force the brake."  [1913 Webster]
•  To sail or pass in a direction parallel to or near; as, to range the coast.  [1913 Webster]

  " Compare the last two senses (5 and 6) with the French ranger une côte."  [1913 Webster]
•  To be native to, or to live in; to frequent.  [1913 Webster]

Range, v. i. 

•  To rove at large; to wander without restraint or direction; to roam.  [1913 Webster]

  "Like a ranging spaniel that barks at every bird he sees."  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [1913 Webster]
•  To be placed in order; to be ranked; to admit of arrangement or classification; to rank.  [1913 Webster]

  "And range with humble livers in content."  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [1913 Webster]

  "Which way the forests range."  [1913 Webster]
•  To be native to, or live in, a certain district or region; as, the peba ranges from Texas to Paraguay.  [1913 Webster]

Syn. -- To rove; roam; ramble; wander; stroll.

Range, n. [From Range, v.: cf. F. rangée.].

•  A series of things in a line; a row; a rank; as, a range of buildings; a range of mountains.  [1913 Webster]
•  An aggregate of individuals in one rank or degree; an order; a class.  [1913 Webster]

  "The next range of beings above him are the immaterial intelligences."  [1913 Webster]
•  The step of a ladder; a rung.  Clarendon.  [1913 Webster]
•  A kitchen grate.  [1913 Webster]

  "He was bid at his first coming to take off the range, and let down the cinders."  [1913 Webster]
•  An extended cooking apparatus of cast iron, set in brickwork, and affording conveniences for various ways of cooking; also, a kind of cooking stove.  [1913 Webster]
•  A bolting sieve to sift meal.  [1913 Webster]
•  A wandering or roving; a going to and fro; an excursion; a ramble; an expedition.  [1913 Webster]

  "He may take a range all the world over."  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [1913 Webster]

  "Far as creation's ample range extends."  [1913 Webster]

  "The range and compass of Hammond's knowledge filled the whole circle of the arts."  [1913 Webster]

  "A man has not enough range of thought."  [1913 Webster]
•  The region within which a plant or animal naturally lives.  [1913 Webster]
•  The horizontal distance to which a shot or other projectile is carried.  [1913 Webster]
•  In the public land system of the United States, a row or line of townships lying between two successive meridian lines six miles apart.  [1913 Webster]

  " The meridians included in each great survey are numbered in order east and west from the “principal meridian” of that survey, and the townships in the range are numbered north and south from the “base line,” which runs east and west; as, township No. 6, N., range 7, W., from the fifth principal meridian."  [1913 Webster]
•  See Range of cable, below.  [1913 Webster]

Range of accommodation (Optics), the distance between the near point and the far point of distinct vision, -- usually measured and designated by the strength of the lens which if added to the refracting media of the eye would cause the rays from the near point to appear as if they came from the far point. -- Range finder (Gunnery), an instrument, or apparatus, variously constructed, for ascertaining the distance of an inaccessible object, -- used to determine what elevation must be given to a gun in order to hit the object; a position finder. -- Range of cable (Naut.), a certain length of slack cable ranged along the deck preparatory to letting go the anchor. -- Range work (Masonry), masonry of squared stones laid in courses each of which is of even height throughout the length of the wall; -- distinguished from broken range work, which consists of squared stones laid in courses not continuously of even height. -- To get the range of (an object) (Gun.), to find the angle at which the piece must be raised to reach (the object) without carrying beyond.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Range, n. & v.
--n.
1 a the region between limits of variation, esp. as representing a scope of effective operation (a voice of astonishing range; the whole range of politics). b such limits. c a limited scale or series (the range of the thermometer readings is about 10 degrees).
2 the area included in or concerned with something.
3 a the distance attainable by a gun or projectile (the enemy are out of range). b the distance between a gun or projectile and its objective.
4 a row, series, line, or tier, esp. of mountains or buildings.
5 a an open or enclosed area with targets for shooting. b a testing-ground for military equipment.
6 a a fireplace with ovens and hotplates for cooking. b US an electric or gas cooker.
7 the area over which a thing, esp. a plant or animal, is distributed (gives the ranges of all species).
8 the distance that can be covered by a vehicle or aircraft without refuelling.
9 the distance between a camera and the subject to be photographed.
10 the extent of time covered by a forecast etc.
11 a a large area of open land for grazing or hunting. b a tract over which one wanders.
12 lie, direction (the range of the strata is east and west).
--v.
1 intr. a reach; lie spread out; extend; be found or occur over a specified district; vary between limits (ages ranging from twenty to sixty). b run in a line (ranges north and south).
2 tr. (usu. in passive or refl.) place or arrange in a row or ranks or in a specified situation or order or company (ranged their troops; ranged themselves with the majority party; trees ranged in ascending order of height).
3 intr. rove, wander (ranged through the woods; his thoughts range over past, present, and future).
4 tr. traverse in all directions (ranging the woods).
5 Printing a tr. Brit. make (type) lie flush at the ends of successive lines. b intr. (of type) lie flush.
6 intr. a (often foll. by with) be level. b (foll. by with, among) rank; find one's right place (ranges with the great writers).
7 intr. a (of a gun) send a projectile over a specified distance (ranges over a mile). b (of a projectile) cover a specified distance. c obtain the range of a target by adjustment after firing past it or short of it.

Idiom

ranging-pole (or -rod) Surveying a pole or rod for setting a straight line.

Etymology

ME f. OF range row, rank f. ranger f. rang RANK(1)

THESAURUS

Range

Alps, Andes, Caucasus, Himalayas, Indian file, Rockies, adjust, aesthetic distance, agora, aim, air transport, air travel, airfreight, align, allocate, allot, alphabetize, alps on alps, ambit, amount, amphitheater, ample scope, amplitude, analyze, apportion, area, arena, arrange, array, articulation, assort, assortment, athletic field, auditorium, auditory range, azimuth, background, bank, bat around, bear garden, bearing, bent, bias, bigness, blank check, body, bowl, boxing ring, bracket, breadth, break down, bulk, bull ring, bum, buzz, caliber, campo, campus, canvas, carry, carry out, carrying distance, carte blanche, catalog, catalogue, categorize, catena, catenation, chain, chain reaction, chaining, choice, chromatic scale, circle, circumambulate, circus, class, classify, clear sight, clearance, cockpit, codify, coliseum, collection, collocate, color vision, colosseum, command, compass, compose, concatenation, cone vision, confines, connection, consecution, continuum, cooker, cordillera, count ties, course, cover, coverage, current, cut, cycle, daylight vision, deal, deal out, deep space, degree, depth, depths of space, descent, diameter, diapason, differ, digest, dimension, dimensions, direction, direction line, discernment, dispose, distance, distribute, divagate, divergence, divide, do, dodecuple scale, domain, domination, drift, drone, earreach, earshot, elbowroom, encompass, endless belt, endless round, enharmonic scale, enlarge, environ, expanse, expansion, extend, extend out, extension, extent, eye, eye-mindedness, eyereach, eyeshot, eyesight, farness, farsight, farsightedness, field, field of view, field of vision, file, filiation, fix, flit, floor, fluctuate, forum, free course, free hand, free play, free scope, full scope, full swing, gad, gad about, gallivant, gamut, gauge, girth, go, go about, go out, go over, go the rounds, gradation, grade, graduate, grass, grass veld, grassland, grazing, great scale, greatness, ground, group, gym, gymnasium, habitat, hall, haugh, haughland, haunt, heading, hearing, height, helmsmanship, hippodrome, hit the road, hit the trail, hobo, hold, home, horizon, hum, inclination, incline, index, infinity, interval, jaunt, keen sight, ken, kind, knock about, knock around, largeness, latitude, lay, lea, leap, leeway, length, level, lie, light-years, limit, limit of vision, line, line of direction, line of march, line of sight, line up, lineage, list, lists, llano, locale, locality, long rope, lot, magnitude, major scale, maneuvering space, margin, mark, marketplace, marshal, mass, massif, mat, match, matter, mead, meadow, meadow land, meander, measure, measurement, melodic minor, migrate, mileage, milieu, minor scale, monotone, mooch, mountain range, move, naked eye, native environment, navigation, neighborhood, nexus, night vision, no holds barred, nomadize, notch, nuance, number, octave scale, open forum, open space, orbit, order, organize, orientation, outdistance, outlie, outlook, outlook over, outrange, outstretch, overpass, palaestra, pampa, pampas, panorama, parade ground, parcel out, park, parsecs, pas, pass over, pass through, pasturage, pasture, pasture land, patrol, peg, pendulum, pentatonic scale, perambulate, perception, peregrinate, pererrate, period, periodicity, peripheral field, peripheral vision, perspective, perspicacity, perspicuity, photopia, piece, pigeonhole, piloting, pit, pitch, place, plane, plateau, platform, play, plenum, ply, point, powder train, power of sight, prairie, precinct, predispose, prize ring, progression, proportion, proportions, prospect, province, prowl, public square, purlieu, purview, quarter, queue, quick sight, radius, rally, ramble, range out, range over, rank, rate, ratio, reach, reach out, realm, reconnoiter, recurrence, regiment, register, remoteness, remove, reticulation, ring, roam, rod vision, room, rope, rotation, round, routine, rove, row, run, run about, rung, saunter, savanna, scale, scan, scene, scene of action, scenery, scope, scope of vision, scotopia, scour, scour the country, scout, sea room, seeing, selection, sense of sight, separation, sequence, series, set, set out, setting, shade, shadow, shuttle, shuttle service, sierra, sight, sightedness, sightliness, single file, site, size, sort, sound, space, span, spectrum, sphere, spread, squared circle, stadium, stage, stage set, stage setting, stair, stamping ground, standard, steerage, steering, step, steppe, steppeland, stint, straddle, straggle, stray, stretch, stretch out, stride, string, string out, stroll, subdivide, succession, surround, survey, swale, swath, sweep, swing, tabulate, take in, temperament, tendency, tenor, terrain, territory, theater, thread, thrust out, tier, tilting ground, tiltyard, tolerance, track, train, traipse, tramp, transit, travel over, travel through, traverse, tread, trend, tune, tuning, twilight vision, type, unobstructed vision, vagabond, vagabondize, variety, vary, vega, veld, vicinity, view, vision, vista, visual acuity, visual field, visual sense, volume, voyage, walk, walk the tracks, wander, way, wayfare, ways, whole-tone scale, wide berth, width, windrow, wrestling ring

ROGET THESAURUS

Range

Degree

N degree, grade, extent, measure, amount, ratio, stint, standard, height, pitch, reach, amplitude, range, scope, caliber, gradation, shade, tenor, compass, sphere, station, rank, standing, rate, way, sort, point, mark, stage, intensity, strength, comparative, gradual, shading off, within the bounds, by degrees, gradually, inasmuch, pro tanto, however, howsoever, step by step, bit by bit, little by little, inch by inch, drop by drop, a little at a time, by inches, by slow degrees, by degrees, by little and little, in some degree, in some measure, to some extent, di grado in grado.

Arrangement

VB reduce to order, bring into order, introduce order into, rally, arrange, dispose, place, form, put in order, set in order, place in order, set out, collocate, pack, marshal, range, size, rank, group, parcel out, allot, distribute, deal, cast the parts, assign the parts, dispose of, assign places to, assort, sort, sift, riddle, put to rights, set to rights, put into shape, put in trim, put in array, apportion, class, classify, divide, file, string together, thread, register, catalogue, tabulate, index, graduate, digest, grade, methodize, regulate, systematize, coordinate, organize, settle, fix, unravel, disentangle, ravel, card, disembroil, feaze.

Continuity

N continuity, consecution, consecutiveness, succession, round, suite, progression, series, train chain, catenation, concatenation, scale, gradation, course, ceaselessness, constant flow, unbroken extent, procession, column, retinue, cortege, cavalcade, rank and file, line of battle, array, pedigree, genealogy, lineage, race, ancestry, descent, family, house, line, line of ancestors, strain, rank, file, line, row, range, tier, string, thread, team, suit, colonnade, continuous, continued, consecutive, progressive, gradual, serial, successive, immediate, unbroken, entire, linear, in a line, in a row, uninterrupted, unintermitting, unremitting, unrelenting (perseverence), perennial, evergreen, constant, continuously, seriatim, in a line, in succession, in turn, running, gradually, step by step, gradatim, at a stretch, in file, in column, in single file, in Indian file.

Term

N term, rank, station, stage, step, degree, scale, remove, grade, link, peg, round of the ladder, status, position, place, point, mark, pas, period, pitch, stand, standing, footing, range.

Class

N class, division, category, categorema, head, order, section, department, subdepartment, province, domain, kind, sort, genus, species, variety, family, order, kingdom, race, tribe, caste, sept, clan, breed, type, subtype, kit, sect, set, subset, assortment, feather, kidney, suit, range, gender, sex, kin, manner, description, denomination, designation, rubric, character, stamp predicament, indication, particularization, selection, specification, similarity.

Freedom

N freedom, liberty, independence, license, facility, scope, range, latitude, play, free play, full play, free scope, full scope, free stage and no favor, swing, full swing, elbowroom, margin, rope, wide berth, Liberty Hall, franchise, denization, free man, freed man, livery man, denizen, autonomy, self-government, liberalism, free trade, noninterference, Monroe Doctrine, immunity, exemption, emancipation, enfranchisement, affranchisement, free land, freehold, allodium, frankalmoigne, mortmain, bushwhacker, freelance, free thinker, free trader, independent, free, free as air, out of harness, independent, at large, loose, scot-free, left alone, left to oneself, in full swing, uncaught, unconstrained, unbuttoned, unconfined, unrestrained, unchecked, unprevented, unhindered, unobstructed, unbound, uncontrolled, untrammeled, unsubject, ungoverned, unenslaved, unenthralled, unchained, unshackled, unfettered, unreined, unbridled, uncurbed, unmuzzled, unrestricted, unlimited, unmitigated, unconditional, absolute, discretionary, unassailed, unforced, uncompelled, unbiassed, spontaneous, free and easy, at ease, at one's ease, degage, quite at home, wanton, rampant, irrepressible, unvanquished, exempt, freed, freeborn, autonomous, freehold, allodial, gratis, eleutherian, unclaimed, going a begging, freely, ad libitum, ubi libertas ibi patria, free white and twenty-one.

Space

N space, extension, extent, superficial extent, expanse, stretch, hyperspace, room, scope, range, field, way, expansion, compass, sweep, swing, spread, dimension, length, distance, size, volume, hypervolume, latitude, play, leeway, purchase, tolerance, room for maneuver, spare room, elbow room, house room, stowage, roomage, margin, opening, sphere, arena, open space, free space, void, waste, wildness, wilderness, moor, moorland, campagna, abyss, unlimited space, infinity, world, ubiquity, length and breadth of the land, proportions, acreage, acres, acres and perches, roods and perches, hectares, square miles, square inches, square yards, square centimeters, square meters, yards (clothing), ares, arpents, spacious, roomy, extensive, expansive, capacious, ample, widespread, vast, world-wide, uncircumscribed, boundless, shoreless, trackless, pathless, extended, extensively, wherever, everywhere, far and near, far and wide, right and left, all over, all the world over, throughout the world, throughout the length and breadth of the land, under the sun, in every quarter, in all quarters, in all lands, here there and everywhere, from pole to pole, from China to Peru, from Indus to the pole, from Dan to Beersheba, from end to end, on the face of the earth, in the wide world, from all points of the compass, to the four winds, to the uttermost parts of the earth.

Abode

N abode, dwelling, lodging, domicile, residence, apartment, place, digs, pad, address, habitation, where one's lot is cast, local habitation, berth, diggings, seat, lap, sojourn, housing, quarters, headquarters, resiance, tabernacle, throne, ark, home, fatherland, country, homestead, homestall, fireside, hearth, hearth stone, chimney corner, inglenook, ingle side, harem, seraglio, zenana, household gods, lares et penates, roof, household, housing, dulce domum, paternal domicile, native soil, native land, habitat, range, stamping ground, haunt, hangout, biosphere, environment, ecological niche, nest, nidus, snuggery, arbor, bower, lair, den, cave, hole, hiding place, cell, sanctum sanctorum, aerie, eyrie, eyry, rookery, hive, covert, resort, retreat, perch, roost, nidification, kala jagah, bivouac, camp, encampment, cantonment, castrametation, barrack, casemate, casern, tent, building, chamber, xenodochium, tenement, messuage, farm, farmhouse, grange, hacienda, toft, cot, cabin, hut, chalet, croft, shed, booth, stall, hovel, bothy, shanty, dugout, wigwam, pen, barn, bawn, kennel, sty, doghold, cote, coop, hutch, byre, cow house, cow shed, stable, dovecote, columbary, columbarium, shippen, igloo, iglu, jacal, lacustrine dwelling, lacuslake dwelling, lacuspile dwelling, log cabin, log house, shack, shebang, tepee, topek, house, mansion, place, villa, cottage, box, lodge, hermitage, rus in urbe, folly, rotunda, tower, chateau, castle, pavilion, hotel, court, manor-house, capital messuage, hall, palace, kiosk, bungalow, casa, country seat, apartment house, flat house, frame house, shingle house, tenement house, temple, hamlet, village, thorp, dorp, ham, kraal, borough, burgh, town, city, capital, metropolis, suburb, province, country, county town, county seat, courthouse, ghetto, street, place, terrace, parade, esplanade, alameda, board walk, embankment, road, row, lane, alley, court, quadrangle, quad, wynd, close, yard, passage, rents, buildings, mews, square, polygon, circus, crescent, mall, piazza, arcade, colonnade, peristyle, cloister, gardens, grove, residences, block of buildings, market place, place, plaza, anchorage, roadstead, roads, dock, basin, wharf, quay, port, harbor, quarter, parish, assembly room, meetinghouse, pump room, spa, watering place, inn, hostel, hostelry, hotel, tavern, caravansary, dak bungalow, khan, hospice, public house, pub, pot house, mug house, gin mill, gin palace, bar, bar room, barrel house, cabaret, chophouse, club, clubhouse, cookshop, dive, exchange, grill room, saloon, shebeen, coffee house, eating house, canteen, restaurant, buffet, cafe, estaminet, posada, almshouse, poorhouse, townhouse, garden, park, pleasure ground, plaisance, demesne, cage, terrarium, doghouse, pen, aviary, barn, stall, zoo, urban, metropolitan, suburban, provincial, rural, rustic, domestic, cosmopolitan, palatial, eigner Hert ist goldes Werth, even cities have their graves, ubi libertas ibi patria, home sweet home.

Distance

VB be distant, extend to, stretch to, reach to, spread to, go to, get to, stretch away to, range, remain at a distance, keep away, keep off, keep aloof, keep clear of, stand away, stand off, stand aloof, stand clear of, stay away, keep one's distance, distance, distance oneself from.

Journey

VB travel, journey, course, take a journey, go a journey, take a walk, go out for walk, have a run, take the air, flit, take wing, migrate, emigrate, trek, rove, prowl, roam, range, patrol, pace up and down, traverse, scour the country, traverse the country, peragrate, circumambulate, perambulate, nomadize, wander, ramble, stroll, saunter, hover, go one's rounds, straggle, gad, gad about, expatiate, walk, march, step, tread, pace, plod, wend, go by shank's mare, promenade, trudge, tramp, stalk, stride, straddle, strut, foot it, hoof it, stump, bundle, bowl along, toddle, paddle, tread a path, take horse, ride, drive, trot, amble, canter, prance, fisk, frisk, caracoler, caracole, gallop, embark, board, set out, hit the road, get going, get underway, peg on, jog on, wag on, shuffle on, stir one's stumps, bend one's steps, bend one's course, make one's way, find one's way, wend one's way, pick one's way, pick one's way, thread one's way, plow one's way, slide, glide, coast, skim, skate, march in procession, file on, defile, go to, repair to, resort to, hie to, betake oneself to.

Direction

N direction, management, managery, government, gubernation, conduct, legislation, regulation, guidance, bossism, legislature, steerage, pilotage, reins, reins of government, helm, rudder, needle, compass, guiding star, load star, lode star, pole star, cynosure, supervision, superintendence, surveillance, oversight, eye of the master, control, charge, board of control, command, premiership, senatorship, director, chair, portfolio, statesmanship, statecraft, kingcraft, queencraft, ministry, ministration, administration, stewardship, proctorship, agency, director, directing, hegemonic, at the helm, at the head of, direction, bearing, course, vector, set, drift, tenor, tendency, incidence, bending, trending, dip, tack, aim, collimation, steering steerage, point of the compass, cardinal points, North East, South, West, N by E, ENE, NE by N, NE, rhumb, azimuth, line of collimation, line, path, road, range, quarter, line of march, alignment, allignment, air line, beeline, straight shoot, directed, directed towards, pointing towards, bound for, aligned, with alligned with, direct, straight, undeviating, unswerving, straightforward, North, Northern, Northerly, towards, on the road, on the high road to, en avant, versus, to, hither, thither, whither, directly, straight as an arrow, forwards as an arrow, point blank, in a bee line to, in a direct line to, as the crow flies, in a straight line to, in a bee line for, in a direct line for, in a straight line for, in a bee line with, in a direct line with, in a straight line with, in a line with, full tilt at, as the crow flies, before the wind, near the wind, close to the wind, against the wind, windwards, in the wind's eye, through, via, by way of, in all directions, in all manner of ways, quaquaversum, from the four winds, the shortest distance between two points is a stra.

Husbandry

N husbandry, taming, circuration, zoohygiantics, domestication, domesticity, manege, veterinary art, farriery, breeding, pisciculture, menagerie, vivarium, zoological garden, bear pit, aviary, apiary, alveary, beehive, hive, aquarium, fishery, duck pond, fish pond, phthisozoics, euthanasia, sacrifice, humane destruction, neatherd, cowherd, shepherd, grazier, drover, cowkeeper, trainer, breeder, apiarian, apiarist, bull whacker, cowboy, cow puncher, farrier, horse leech, horse doctor, vaquero, veterinarian, vet, veterinary surgeon, cage, hencoop, bird cage, cauf, range, sheepfold, pastoral, bucolic, tame, domestic.

Furnace

N furnace, stove, kiln, oven, cracker, hearth, focus, combustion chamber, athanor, hypocaust, reverberatory, volcano, forge, fiery furnace, limekiln, Dutch oven, tuyere, brasier, salamander, heater, warming pan, boiler, caldron, seething caldron, pot, urn, kettle, chafing-dish, retort, crucible, alembic, still, waffle irons, muffle furnace, induction furnace, electric heater, electric furnace, electric resistance heat, open-hearth furnace, fireplace, gas fireplace, coal fire, wood fire, fire-dog, fire- irons, grate, range, kitchener, caboose, camboose, poker, tongs, shovel, ashpan, hob, trivet, andiron, gridiron, ashdrop, frying-pan, stew-pan, backlog, hearth, inglenook, oil burner, gas burner, Franklin stove, pot-bellied stove, wood-burning stove, central heating, steam heat, hot water heat, gas heat, forced hot air, electric heat, heat pump, solar heat, convective heat, hothouse, bakehouse, washhouse, laundry, conservatory, sudatory, Turkish bath, Russian bath, vapor bath, steam bath, sauna, warm bath, vaporarium.