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" ;

1. (

• ranging

) wandering freely; "at night in bed...his slowly ranging thoughts...encountered her" ;