ranging

1. change or be different within limitsExamples: "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"Synonyms: range, run

2. move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employmentExamples: "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"Synonyms: cast, drift, ramble, range, roam, roll, rove, stray

3. have a range; be capable of projecting over a certain distance, as of a gunExamples: "This gun ranges over two miles"Synonyms: range

4. range or extend over; occupy a certain areaExamples: "The plants straddle the entire state"Synonyms: range, straddle

5. lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a lineExamples: "lay out the clothes"; "lay out the arguments"Synonyms: array, lay out, range, set out

6. feed as in a meadow or pastureExamples: "the herd was grazing"Synonyms: browse, crop, graze, pasture, range