Entry Word: range

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 open land over which livestock may roam and feed <knew exactly how many head of cattle were turned out on the range that morning to graze>

Synonyms lea, pasturage, pasture

Related Words ranch, station; feedlot, stockyard, yard; grassland, pampas, prairie, savanna (also savannah), steppe

2 an area over which activity, capacity, or influence extends <didnʼt know she had such a wide range of knowledge until I talked to her>

Synonyms amplitude, breadth, compass, dimension(s), extent, reach, realm, scope, sweep, width

Related Words gamut, spectrum, spread; domain, field, sphere; horizon, panorama

3 the distance or extent between possible extremes <an actor who can go through the full range of emotion, from joy to sorrow, in mere minutes>

Synonyms gamut, scale, spectrum, spread, stretch

Related Words measure, pitch, scale; amplitude, compass, dimension(s), extent, reach, realm, scope, sweep, width

4 a relaxed journey on foot for exercise or pleasure <stopped by security personnel while taking an innocent range through the palace grounds> — see walk
5 a series of persons or things arranged one behind another <from the air, the mountain range stretched as far as we could see in both directions> — see line 1
6 an appliance that prepares food for consumption by heating it <the soup was already heating on the range when we arrived at Grandmaʼs> — see cooker 1
7 the place where a plant or animal is usually or naturally found <the American robinʼs winter range has steadily extended farther and farther north> — see home 2