DICTOMETER

RANGING

1. Synonyms:
   • Range
   • Run
   Definitions:
   • change or be different within limits
   Examples:
   • 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. Synonyms:
   • Roll
   • Wander
   • Swan
   • Stray
   • Tramp
   • Roam
   • Cast
   • Ramble
   • Rove
   • Range
   • Drift
   • Vagabond
   Definitions:
   • move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
   Examples:
   • 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. Synonyms:
   • Range
   Definitions:
   • have a range
   • be capable of projecting over a certain distance, as of a gun
   Examples:
   • This gun ranges over two miles
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Range
   • Straddle
   Definitions:
   • range or extend over
   • occupy a certain area
   Examples:
   • The plants straddle the entire state
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Range
   • Array
   • Lay out
   • Set out
   Definitions:
   • lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line
   Examples:
   • Lay out the clothes
   • Lay out the arguments
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Crop
   • Browse
   • Graze
   • Range
   • Pasture
   Definitions:
   • feed as in a meadow or pasture
   Examples:
   • The herd was grazing
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Range
   Definitions:
   • let eat
   Examples:
   • Range the animals in the prairie
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Rate
   • Rank
   • Range
   • Order
   • Grade
   • Place
   Definitions:
   • assign a rank or rating to
   Examples:
   • How would you rank these students?
   • The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Ranging
   Definitions:
   • wandering freely
   Examples:
   • At night in bed...his slowly ranging thoughts...encountered her