Meaning

• Noun

  1. A line or series of mountains, buildings, etc.
  2. A fireplace; a fire or other cooking apparatus; now specifically, a large cooking stove with many hotplates.
  3. Selection, array.
  4. An area for practicing shooting at targets.
  5. An area for military training or equipment testing.
  6. The distance from a person or sensor to an object, target, emanation, or event.
  7. The maximum distance or reach of capability (of a weapon, radio, detector, etc.).
  8. The distance a vehicle (e.g., a car, bicycle, lorry, or aircraft) can travel without refueling.
  9. An area of open, often unfenced, grazing land.
  10. The extent or space taken in by anything excursive; compass or extent of excursion; reach; scope.
  11. The set of values (points) which a function can obtain.
  12. The length of the smallest interval which contains all the data in a sample; the difference between the largest and smallest observations in the sample.
  13. The defensive area that a player can cover.
  14. The scale of all the tones a voice or an instrument can produce.
  15. The geographical area or zone where a species is normally naturally found.
  16. A sequential list of values specified by an iterator.
  17. An aggregate of individuals in one rank or degree; an order; a class.
  18. (obsolete) The step of a ladder; a rung.
  19. (obsolete) A bolting sieve to sift meal.
  20. A wandering or roving; a going to and fro; an excursion; a ramble; an expedition.
  21. In the public land system, a row or line of townships lying between two succession meridian lines six miles apart.
  22. The variety of roles that an actor can play in a satisfactory way.

• Verb