place oneself or be placed in opposition to (a person or group)
they were no match for the overwhelming forces ranged against them
her family were ranged against him
(of a person or animal) travel or wander over a wide area
patrols ranged thousands of miles deep into enemy territory
tribes who ranged the windswept lands of the steppe
free-ranging groups of baboons
obtain the range of a target by adjustment after firing past it or short of it, or by the use of radar or laser equipment
radar-type transmissions which appeared to be ranging on our convoys