English to English
rank
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adjective (a)
- Luxuriant in growth; of vigorous growth; exuberant; grown to immoderate height; as, rank grass; rank weeds.(adjective)source: webster1913
noun (n)
- a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another(noun.group)Example:
The entrance was guarded by ranks of policemen.
source: wordnet30 - relative status(noun.state)Example:
His salary was determined by his rank and seniority.
source: wordnet30 - the ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army)(noun.group)Example:
The strike was supported by the union rank and file.
He rose from the ranks to become a colonel.
source: wordnet30 - position in a social hierarchy(noun.state)source: wordnet30
- the body of members of an organization or group(noun.group)Example:
They found dissension in their own ranks.
He joined the ranks of the unemployed.
source: wordnet30 - A row or line; a range; an order; a tier; as, a rank of osiers.(noun)source: webster1913
adverb (r)
- Rankly; stoutly; violently.(adverb)source: webster1913
adjective satellite (s)
- very fertile; producing profuse growth(adj.all)Example:
Rank earth.
source: wordnet30 - very offensive in smell or taste(adj.all)Example:
A rank cigar.
source: wordnet30 - complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers(adj.all)Example:
A rank outsider.
source: wordnet30 - growing profusely(adj.all)Example:
Rank jungle vegetation.
source: wordnet30
verb (v)
- take or have a position relative to others(verb.cognition)Example:
This painting ranks among the best in the Western World.
source: wordnet30 - To place abreast, or in a line.(verb)source: webster1913
- To be ranged; to be set or disposed, as in a particular degree, class, order, or division.(verb)source: webster1913