range
range is a valid 5-letter word worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
What does range mean?
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Lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line.
Have a range; be capable of projecting over a certain distance, as of a gun.
“This gun ranges over two miles”
Let eat.
“range the animals in the prairie”
Range or extend over; occupy a certain area.
Feed as in a meadow or pasture.
Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment.
Change or be different within limits.
“Estimates for the losses in the earthquake range as high as $2 billion”
“The instruments ranged from tuba to cymbals”
(mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined.
A kitchen appliance used for cooking food.
A large tract of grassy open land on which livestock can graze.
“they used to drive the cattle across the open range every spring”
“he dreamed of a home on the range”
A place for shooting (firing or driving) projectiles of various kinds.
“the army maintains a missile range in the desert”
“any good golf club will have a range where you can practice”
A variety of different things or activities.
“he answered a range of questions”
“he was impressed by the range and diversity of the collection”
The limit of capability.
The limits within which something can be effective.
“range of motion”
An area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:.
“the range of a supersonic jet”
“a piano has a greater range than the human voice”
A series of hills or mountains.
“the valley was between two ranges of hills”
“the plains lay just beyond the mountain range”