"ranging" in the verb sense

1. range, run

change or be different within limits

"Estimates for the losses in the earthquake range as high as $2 billion"

"Interest rates run from 5 to 10 percent"

"The instruments ranged from tuba to cymbals"

"My students range from very bright to dull"

2. roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond

move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment

"The gypsies roamed the woods"

"roving vagabonds"

"the wandering Jew"

"The cattle roam across the prairie"

"the laborers drift from one town to the next"

"They rolled from town to town"

3. range

have a range be capable of projecting over a certain distance, as of a gun

"This gun ranges over two miles"

4. range, straddle

range or extend over occupy a certain area

"The plants straddle the entire state"

5. range, array, lay out, set out

lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line

"lay out the clothes"

"lay out the arguments"

6. crop, browse, graze, range, pasture

feed as in a meadow or pasture

"the herd was grazing"

7. range

let eat

"range the animals in the prairie"

8. rate, rank, range, order, grade, place

assign a rank or rating to

"how would you rank these students?"

"The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"

"ranging" in the adjective sense

1. ranging

wandering freely

"at night in bed...his slowly ranging thoughts...encountered her"

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