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(noun) stove, cooking stove, kitchen range, kitchen stove
a kitchen appliance used for cooking food
dinner was already on the stove
(noun) compass, scope, orbit, reach, ambit
an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"
a piano has a greater range than the human voice; the ambit of municipal legislation; within the compass of this article; within the scope of an investigation; outside the reach of the law; in the political orbit of a world power
the limit of capability
within the compass of education
(noun) image, range of a function
(mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined
the image of f(x) = x^2 is the set of all non-negative real numbers if the domain of the function is the set of all real numbers
(noun) reach
the limits within which something can be effective
range of motion; he was beyond the reach of their fire
(noun) range of mountains, mountain chain, mountain range, chain, chain of mountains
a series of hills or mountains
the valley was between two ranges of hills; the plains lay just beyond the mountain range
(verb) place, rank, rate, grade, order
assign a rank or rating to
how would you rank these students?; The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide
(verb) array, set out, lay out
lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line
lay out the clothes; lay out the arguments
(verb) crop, browse, pasture, graze
feed as in a meadow or pasture
the herd was grazing
(verb) tramp, swan, stray, drift, cast, roam, ramble, vagabond, wander, roll, rove
move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
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
(verb) straddle
range or extend over; occupy a certain area
The plants straddle the entire state
(verb) run
change or be different within limits
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