Ranging
vverb.stativechange or be different within limitsSynset:range run
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
Derivationally Related Form:range
Hypernyms:be
Inherited Hypernyms:rangebe
Sentence Frame:Something ---s something
vverb.motionmove about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employmentSynset:cast drift ramble range roam roll rove stray swan tramp vagabond wander
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
Derivationally Related Form:wanderervagabondstrayervagabondageroamerramblerrovingstrayrambledriftertrampdriftingwandering
Hypernyms:go locomote move travel
Inherited Hypernyms:rolltravel
Direct Hyponyms:gadgallivantjazz aroundmaunder
Full Troponyms:gallivantmaunder
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s | Something is ---ing PP | Somebody ---s PP | They --- the countryside (apply to: ramble, wander, rove, roam) | They --- in the countryside (apply to: ramble, wander, rove, roam)
vverb.stativehave a range; be capable of projecting over a certain distance, as of a gunExamples:- This gun ranges over two miles
Derivationally Related Form:range
Inherited Hypernyms:range
Direct Hyponyms:carry
Full Troponyms:carry
Sentence Frame:Something is ---ing PP
vverb.stativerange or extend over; occupy a certain areaSynset:range straddle
Examples:- The plants straddle the entire state
Derivationally Related Form:range
Hypernyms:be comprise constitute make up represent
Inherited Hypernyms:rangeconstitute
Direct Hyponyms:spread-eagle
Full Troponyms:spread-eagle
Sentence Frame:Something ---s something
vverb.contactlay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a lineSynset:array lay out range set out
Examples:- lay out the clothes
- lay out the arguments
Derivationally Related Form:array
Hypernyms:arrange set up
Inherited Hypernyms:rangearrangeputmove
Direct Hyponyms:compart
Full Troponyms:compart
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s something PP
vverb.contactfeed as in a meadow or pastureSynset:browse crop graze pasture range
Derivationally Related Form:browsepasturegrazingrangepasturagegraze
Hypernyms:eat feed
Inherited Hypernyms:cropfeedconsume
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | The animals --- (apply to: browse, range, pasture, crop, graze)
vverb.consumptionlet eatExamples:- range the animals in the prairie
Derivationally Related Form:range
Hypernyms:feed give
Inherited Hypernyms:rangefeedprovidegivetransfer
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.cognitionassign a rank or rating toSynset:grade order place range rank rate
Examples:- how would you rank these students?
- The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide
Derivationally Related Form:orderingorderrankplacegradergradationgradegrading
Hypernyms:evaluate judge pass judgment
Inherited Hypernyms:rateevaluatethink
Direct Hyponyms:downgradeprioritiseprioritizereorderseedsequenceshortlistsubordinatesuperordinateupgrade
Full Troponyms:countermarchdowngradeinvertoutclassprioritizereorderseedsequenceshortlistsubordinatesuperordinateupgrade
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Sam and Sue --- the movie (apply to: rate)
adjadj.pplwandering freelyExamples:- at night in bed...his slowly ranging thoughts...encountered her
Inherited Hypernyms:ranging