1. Wandering freely
   "at night in bed … his slowly ranging thoughts … encountered her"

1. 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"; "My students range from very bright to dull";
   - run
    
2. Range or extend over; occupy a certain area
   "The mountain range straddles three countries";
   - straddle
    
3. Move about aimlessly or without any fixed destination
   "They ranged from town to town";
   - roll, wander, swan [informal], stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, drift, vagabond [archaic]
    
4. Have a range; be capable of projecting over a certain distance, as of a gun
   "This gun ranges over two miles"
    
5. Lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line
   "The librarian ranged the books on the shelf";
   - array, lay out, set out
    
6. Feed as in a meadow or pasture
   "the herd was ranging";
   - crop, browse, graze, pasture
    
7. Let eat
   "range the animals in the prairie"
    
8. Assign a rank or rating to
   "The judges ranged the competitors from best to worst";
   - rate, rank, grade, place

Type of: arrange, be, comprise, constitute, evaluate, feed, give, go, judge, locomote, make up, move, pass judgment, represent, run, set up, travel

Encyclopedia: Ranging