Rank - Definition

adj 1: very fertile; producing profuse growth; "rank earth"
2: very offensive in smell or taste; "a rank cigar"
3: conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible; "a
crying shame"; "an egregious lie"; "flagrant violation of
human rights"; "a glaring error"; "gross ineptitude"; "gross
injustice"; "rank treachery" [syn: crying(a), egregious,
flagrant, glaring, gross, rank]
4: complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes
used informally as intensifiers; "absolute freedom"; "an
absolute dimwit"; "a downright lie"; "out-and-out mayhem";
"an out-and-out lie"; "a rank outsider"; "many right-down
vices"; "got the job through sheer persistence"; "sheer
stupidity" [syn: absolute, downright, out-and-out(a),
rank(a), right-down, sheer(a)]
5: growing profusely; "rank jungle vegetation"
n 1: a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police)
standing abreast of one another; "the entrance was guarded
by ranks of policemen"
2: relative status; "his salary was determined by his rank and
seniority"
3: 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"
[syn: rank and file, rank]
4: position in a social hierarchy; "the British are more aware
of social status than Americans are" [syn: social station,
social status, social rank, rank]
5: the body of members of an organization or group; "they polled
their membership"; "they found dissension in their own
ranks"; "he joined the ranks of the unemployed" [syn:
membership, rank]
v 1: take or have a position relative to others; "This painting
ranks among the best in the Western World"
2: assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these
students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food
guide" [syn: rate, rank, range, order, grade,
place]
3: take precedence or surpass others in rank [syn: rank,
outrank]