Main Entry: ²range

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): ranged; rang·ing

Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French renger, from renc, reng line, place, row — more at rank

Date: 14th century

transitive verb 1 a : to set in a row or in the proper order b : to place among others in a position or situation c : to assign to a category : classify
2 a : to rove over or through b : to sail or pass along
3 : to arrange (an anchor cable) on deck
4 : to graze (livestock) on a rangeintransitive verb 1 a : to roam at large or freely b : to move over an area so as to explore it
2 : to take a position
3 a : to correspond in direction or line : align b : to extend in a particular direction
4 : to have range
5 : to change or differ within limits
6 of an organism : to live or occur in or be native to a region