RANGING

To travel over (an area, etc); to roam, wander.

To rove over or through.

Example: "To range the fields"

To exercise the power of something over something else; to cause to submit to, over.

To bring (something) into a specified position or relationship (especially, of opposition) with something else.

(followed by over) of a variable, to be able to take any of the values in a specified range.

Example: "The variable x ranges over all real values from 0 to 10."

To classify.

Example: "To range plants and animals in genera and species"

To form a line or a row.

Example: "The front of a house ranges with the street."

To be placed in order; to be ranked; to admit of arrangement or classification; to rank.

To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose in the proper order.

To place among others in a line, row, or order, as in the ranks of an army; usually, reflexively and figuratively, to espouse a cause, to join a party, etc.

To be native to, or live in, a certain district or region.

Example: "The peba ranges from texas to paraguay."

To separate into parts; to sift.

To sail or pass in a direction parallel to or near.

Example: "To range the coast"

Of a player, to travel a significant distance for a defensive play.