rank

Definitions

1. 1superlative

   Luxuriant in growth; of vigorous growth; exuberant; grown to immoderate height; as, rank grass; rank weeds.

2. 2superlative

   Raised to a high degree; violent; extreme; gross; utter; as, rank heresy.

3. 3superlative

   Causing vigorous growth; producing luxuriantly; very rich and fertile; as, rank land.

4. 4superlative

   Strong-scented; rancid; musty; as, oil of a rank smell; rank-smelling rue.

5. 5superlative

   Strong to the taste.

6. 6superlative

   Inflamed with venereal appetite.

7. 7adverb

   Rankly; stoutly; violently.

8. 8noun & verb

   A row or line; a range; an order; a tier; as, a rank of osiers.

9. 9noun & verb

   A line of soldiers ranged side by side; -- opposed to file. See 1st File, 1 (a).

10. 10noun & verb

    Grade of official standing, as in the army, navy, or nobility; as, the rank of general; the rank of admiral.

11. 11noun & verb

    An aggregate of individuals classed together; a permanent social class; an order; a division; as, ranks and orders of men; the highest and the lowest ranks of men, or of other intelligent beings.

12. 12noun & verb

    Degree of dignity, eminence, or excellence; position in civil or social life; station; degree; grade; as, a writer of the first rank; a lawyer of high rank.

13. 13noun & verb

    Elevated grade or standing; high degree; high social position; distinction; eminence; as, a man of rank.

14. 14transitive verb

    To place abreast, or in a line.

15. 15transitive verb

    To range in a particular class, order, or division; to class; also, to dispose methodically; to place in suitable classes or order; to classify.

16. 16transitive verb

    To take rank of; to outrank.

17. 17intransitive verb

    To be ranged; to be set or disposed, as in a particular degree, class, order, or division.

18. 18intransitive verb

    To have a certain grade or degree of elevation in the orders of civil or military life; to have a certain degree of esteem or consideration; as, he ranks with the first class of poets; he ranks high in public estimation.

19. 19noun

    the ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army)

    "the strike was supported by the union rank and file"

    "he rose from the ranks to become a colonel"

20. 20noun

    the body of members of an organization or group

    "they polled their membership"

    "they found dissension in their own ranks"

    Synonyms

    membership
21. 21noun

    a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another

    "the entrance was guarded by ranks of policemen"

22. 22noun

    position in a social hierarchy

    "the British are more aware of social status than Americans are"

23. 23noun

    relative status

    "his salary was determined by his rank and seniority"

24. 24verb

    assign a rank or rating to

    "how would you rank these students?"

    "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"

    Synonyms

    gradeorderplacerangerate
25. 25verb

    take or have a position relative to others

    "This painting ranks among the best in the Western World"

26. 26verb

    take precedence or surpass others in rank

    Synonyms

    outrank
27. 27adjective

    growing profusely

    "rank jungle vegetation"

28. 28adjective

    complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers

    "absolute freedom"

    "an absolute dimwit"

    Synonyms

    absolutedownrightsheer
29. 29adjective

    conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible

    "a crying shame"

    "an egregious lie"

    Synonyms

    cryingegregiousflagrantglaringgross
30. 30adjective

    very fertile; producing profuse growth

    "rank earth"

31. 31adjective

    very offensive in smell or taste

    "a rank cigar"