Crossword clues for ranged
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Range \Range\ (r[=a]nj), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ranged (r[=a]njd); p. pr. & vb. n. Ranging (r[=a]n"j[i^]ng).] [OE. rengen, OF. rengier, F. ranger, OF. renc row, rank, F. rang; of German origin. See Rank, n.]
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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 rank; as, to range soldiers in line.
Maccabeus ranged his army by bands.
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To place (as a single individual) among others in a line, row, or order, as in the ranks of an army; -- usually, reflexively and figuratively, (in the sense) to espouse a cause, to join a party, etc.
It would be absurd in me to range myself on the side of the Duke of Bedford and the corresponding society.
--Burke. To separate into parts; to sift. [Obs.]
--Holland.To dispose in a classified or in systematic order; to arrange regularly; as, to range plants and animals in genera and species.
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To rove over or through; as, to range the fields.
Teach him to range the ditch, and force the brake.
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To sail or pass in a direction parallel to or near; as, to range the coast.
Note: Compare the last two senses (5 and 6) with the French ranger une c[^o]te.
(Biol.) To be native to, or to live in; to frequent.
Wiktionary
(context of a projectile or projectile system English) whose range can be adjusted v
(en-past of: range)
Usage examples of "ranged".
The argument ranged from one table to the other all through dinner, with some favoring a weeding out of the candidates to the most likely, lopping off those who were very young or who had had multiple opportunities to Impress.
The others ranged themselves behind him, every one of them socially scrawny.
The reptiles ranged in size from two and threeyear1d tiddlers of three to five meters in length to immense females.
The giffs mimicked her as more landed and ranged themselves on either side of the first one.
They ranged from about a meter to dozens of meters high, and were pyramidal in shape, just like their spacecraft.
They ranged in size from Tor's one meter to a seven-meter specimen who lived in the hydroponics section and who spoke so slowly that it took a week to produce a comprehensible word.
Rumours ranged to the implausible and unlikely but most accounts agreed that Ambrosia's parameters made it the most Earthlike planet ever discovered by the EEC.
The colours ranged from vivid primaries to delicate pastels and they all looked clean.
His officers, ranged around his desk at attention, had no doubt of his mood.
The others, ranged beyond him at a courteous distance, must be the understudies, she thought.
Disobediently her mind ranged back to the Vanishing Point House and its reputation.
Many objects of power were ranged about this one's strongly built form.
The two camps of magicians hovered expectantly over the middle of the field, with expressions that ranged from nervous curiosity to open avarice.
In fact, a combination of domes plus the big ship launch area with cradles that ranged from the single he'd been landed in to the immense complex metal affairs that accommodated large passenger liners or naval vessels.
And that's why they have ranged so far, and looked in as many directions as they have?