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RANGE, v.t. 1. To set in a row or in rows; to place in a regular line, lines or ranks; to dispose in the proper order; as, to range troops in a body; to range men or ships in the order of battle.2. To dispose in proper classes, orders or divisions; as, to range plants and animals in genera and species.3. To dispose in a proper manner; to place in regular method; in a general sense. Range and arrange are used indifferently in the same sense.4. To rove over; to pass over.Teach him to range the ditch and force the brake.[This use is elliptical, over being omitted.]5. To sail or pass in a direction parallel to or near; as, to range the coast, that is, along the coast.RANGE, v.i. 1. To rove at large; to wander without restraint or direction.As a roaring lion and a ranging bear. Prov. 28.2. To be placed in order; to be ranked.'Tis better to be lowly born, and range with humble livers in content -[In this sense, rank is now used.]3. To lie in a particular direction.Which way thy forests range -We say, the front of a house ranges with the line of the street.4. To sail or pass near or in the direction of; as, to range along the coast.RANGE, n. [See Rank.] 1. A row; a rank; things in a line; as a range of buildings; a range of mountains; ranges of colors.2. A class; an order.The next range of beings above him are the immaterial intelligences -3. A wandering or roving; excursion.He may take a range all the world over.4. Space or room for excursion.A man has not enough range of thought -5. Compass or extent of excursion; space taken in by any thing extended or ranked in order; as the range of Newton's thought. No philosopher has embraced a wider range.Far as creation's ample range extends.6. The step of a ladder. [Corrupted in popular language to rung.]7. A kitchen grate.8. A bolting sieve to sift meal.9. In gunnery, the path of a bullet or bomb, or the line it describes from the mouth of the piece to the point where it lodges; or the whole distance which it passes. When a cannon lies horizontally, it is called the right level, or point blank range; when the muzzle is elevated to 45 degrees, it is called the utmost range. To this may be added the ricochet, the rolling or bounding shot, with the piece elevated from three to six degrees.
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RANGE, v.t. 1. To set in a row or in rows; to place in a regular line, lines or ranks; to dispose in the proper order; as, to range troops in a body; to range men or ships in the order of battle.2. To dispose in proper classes, orders or divisions; as, to range plants and animals in genera and species.3. To dispose in a proper manner; to place in regular method; in a general sense. Range and arrange are used indifferently in the same sense.4. To rove over; to pass over.Teach him to range the ditch and force the brake.[This use is elliptical, over being omitted.]5. To sail or pass in a direction parallel to or near; as, to range the coast, that is, along the coast.RANGE, v.i. 1. To rove at large; to wander without restraint or direction.As a roaring lion and a ranging bear. Prov. 28.2. To be placed in order; to be ranked.'Tis better to be lowly born, and range with humble livers in content -[In this sense, rank is now used.]3. To lie in a particular direction.Which way thy forests range -We say, the front of a house ranges with the line of the street.4. To sail or pass near or in the direction of; as, to range along the coast.RANGE, n. [See Rank.] 1. A row; a rank; things in a line; as a range of buildings; a range of mountains; ranges of colors.2. A class; an order.The next range of beings above him are the immaterial intelligences -3. A wandering or roving; excursion.He may take a range all the world over.4. Space or room for excursion.A man has not enough range of thought -5. Compass or extent of excursion; space taken in by any thing extended or ranked in order; as the range of Newton's thought. No philosopher has embraced a wider range.Far as creation's ample range extends.6. The step of a ladder. [Corrupted in popular language to rung.]7. A kitchen grate.8. A bolting sieve to sift meal.9. In gunnery, the path of a bullet or bomb, or the line it describes from the mouth of the piece to the point where it lodges; or the whole distance which it passes. When a cannon lies horizontally, it is called the right level, or point blank range; when the muzzle is elevated to 45 degrees, it is called the utmost range. To this may be added the ricochet, the rolling or bounding shot, with the piece elevated from three to six degrees. | RANGE, n. [Fr. rangée. See Rank.]- A row; a rank; things in a line; as, a row of buildings; a range of mountains; ranges of colors. – Newton.
- A class; an order.
The next range of beings above him are the immaterial intelligences. – Hale.
- A wandering or roving; excursion.
He may take a range all the world over. – South.
- Space or room for excursion.
A man has not enough range of thought. – Addison.
- Compass or extent of excursion; space taken in by any thing extended or ranked in order; as, the range of Newton's thought. No philosopher has embraced a wider range.
Far as creation's ample range extends. – Pope.
- The step of a ladder. – Clarendon. [Corrupted in popular language to rung.]
- A kitchen grate. – Bacon. Wotton.
- A bolting sieve to sift meal.
- In gunnery, the path of a bullet or bomb, or the line it describes from the mouth of the piece to the point where it lodges; or the whole distance which it passes. When a cannon lies horizontally, it is called the right level, or point blank range; when the muzzle is elevated to 45 degrees, it is called the utmost range. To this may be added the ricochet, the rolling or bounding shot, with the piece elevated from three to six degrees. – Encyc. Mar. Dict.
RANGE, v.i.- To rove at large; to wander without restraint or direction.
As a roaring lion and ranging bear. – Prov. xxviii.
- To be placed in order; to be ranked.
'Tis better to be lowly born, / And range with humble livers in content. – Shak.
[In this sense, rank is now used.]
- To lie in a particular direction.
Which way thy forests range. – Dryden.
We say, the front of a house ranges with the line of the street.
- To sail or pass near or in the direction of; as, to range along the coast.
RANGE, v.t. [Fr. ranger; Arm. rencqa, ranqein; W. rhenciaw, from rhenc, reng, rank, – which see.]- To set in a row or in rows; to place in a regular line, lines, or ranks; to dispose in the proper order; as, to range troops in a body; to range men or ships in the order of battle.
- To dispose in proper classes, orders or divisions; as, to range plants and animals in genera and species.
- To dispose in a proper manner; to place in regular method; in a general sense. Range and Arrange are used indifferently in the same sense.
- To rove over; to pass over.
Teach him to range the ditch and force the brake. – Gay.
[This use is elliptical, over being omitted.]
- To sail or pass in a direction parallel to or near; as, to range the coast, that is, along the coast.
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- 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
rove at large; to wander without restraint or direction; to
roam.
- A series of things in a line; a row; a rank; as, a range
of buildings; a range of mountains.
- 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 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.
- An aggregate of individuals in one rank or
degree; an order; a class.
- To separate into parts; to sift.
- To be placed in order; to be ranked; to
admit of arrangement or classification; to rank.
- The step of a ladder; a rung.
- To dispose in a classified or in systematic
order; to arrange regularly; as, to range plants and animals in
genera and species.
- 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.
- A kitchen grate.
- To rove over or through; as, to
range the fields.
- To be native to, or live in,
a certain district or region; as, the peba ranges from Texas to
Paraguay.
- An extended cooking apparatus of cast iron,
set in brickwork, and affording conveniences for various ways of
cooking; also, a kind of cooking stove.
- To sail or pass in a direction parallel to
or near; as, to range the coast.
- A bolting sieve to sift meal.
- To be native to, or to live
in; to frequent.
- 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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Range RANGE, verb transitive 1. To set in a row or in rows; to place in a regular line, lines or ranks; to dispose in the proper order; as, to range troops in a body; to range men or ships in the order of battle. 2. To dispose in proper classes, orders or divisions; as, to range plants and animals in genera and species. 3. To dispose in a proper manner; to place in regular method; in a general sense. range and arrange are used indifferently in the same sense. 4. To rove over; to pass over. Teach him to range the ditch and force the brake. [This use is elliptical, over being omitted.] 5. To sail or pass in a direction parallel to or near; as, to range the coast, that is, along the coast. RANGE, verb intransitive 1. To rove at large; to wander without restraint or direction. As a roaring lion and a ranging bear. Proverbs 28:1. 2. To be placed in order; to be ranked. 'Tis better to be lowly born, and range with humble livers in content - [In this sense, rank is now used.] 3. To lie in a particular direction. Which way thy forests range - We say, the front of a house ranges with the line of the street. 4. To sail or pass near or in the direction of; as, to range along the coast. RANGE, noun [See Rank.] 1. A row; a rank; things in a line; as a range of buildings; a range of mountains; ranges of colors. 2. A class; an order. The next range of beings above him are the immaterial intelligences - 3. A wandering or roving; excursion. He may take a range all the world over. 4. Space or room for excursion. A man has not enough range of thought - 5. Compass or extent of excursion; space taken in by any thing extended or ranked in order; as the range of Newton's thought. No philosopher has embraced a wider range Far as creation's ample range extends. 6. The step of a ladder. [Corrupted in popular language to rung.] 7. A kitchen grate. 8. A bolting sieve to sift meal. 9. In gunnery, the path of a bullet or bomb, or the line it describes from the mouth of the piece to the point where it lodges; or the whole distance which it passes. When a cannon lies horizontally, it is called the right level, or point blank range; when the muzzle is elevated to 45 degrees, it is called the utmost range To this may be added the ricochet, the rolling or bounding shot, with the piece elevated from three to six degrees.
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