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Pronunciation


Etymology 1

From

Adjective

  1. Having a very strong and bad odor.
  2. Something which is disgusting.
  3. complete|Complete, used as an intensifier.
  4. : I am a rank amateur as a wordsmith.


Category:English intensifiers

Translations

Etymology 2

From

Noun

  1. position of a person, place, thing, or idea in relation to others based on a shared property such as physical location, population, or quality
  2. : Based on your test scores, you have a rank of 23.
  3. a level in an organization such as the military
  4. : Private First Class (PFC) is the lowest rank in the Marines.
  5. In the Context of a level in a scientific taxonomy system
  6. : Phylum is the taxonomic rank below kingdom and above class.
  7. (usu. pl) The lines or rows of people in an organization
  8. : He rose up through the ranks of the company from mailroom clerk to CEO.
  9. One of the horizontal lines of squares on a chessboard
  10. In a pipe organ, a set of pipes of a certain quality for which each pipe corresponds to one key or pedal.


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Etymology 3

From the noun rank

Verb

  1. to give a person, place, thing, or idea a rank
  2. : Their defense is ranked third in the league


Translations

es:rank fa:rank fr:rank io:rank it:rank ku:rank lo:rank hu:rank no:rank pl:rank ru:rank simple:rank fi:rank ta:rank te:rank vi:rank tr:rank zh:rank

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Rank \Rank\ (r[a^][ng]k), a. [Compar. Ranker
(r[a^][ng]k"[~e]r); superl. Rankest.] [AS. ranc strong,
proud; cf. D. rank slender, Dan. rank upright, erect, Prov.
G. rank slender, Icel. rakkr slender, bold. The meaning seems
to have been influenced by L. rancidus, E. rancid.]
1. Luxuriant in growth; of vigorous growth; exuberant; grown
to immoderate height; as, rank grass; rank weeds.
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And, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one
stalk, rank and good. --Gen. xli. 5.
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2. Raised to a high degree; violent; extreme; gross; utter;
as, rank heresy. "Rank nonsense." --Hare. "I do forgive
thy rankest fault." --Shak.
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3. Causing vigorous growth; producing luxuriantly; very rich
and fertile; as, rank land. --Mortimer.
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4. Strong-scented; rancid; musty; as, oil of a rank smell;
rank-smelling rue. --Spenser.
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5. Strong to the taste. "Divers sea fowls taste rank of the
fish on which they feed." --Boyle.
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6. Inflamed with venereal appetite. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Rank modus (Law), an excessive and unreasonable modus. See
Modus, 3.

To set (the iron of a plane, etc.) rank, to set so as to
take off a thick shaving. --Moxon.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Rank \Rank\, adv.
Rankly; stoutly; violently. [Obs.]
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That rides so rank and bends his lance so fell.
--Fairfax.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Rank \Rank\, n. [OE. renk, reng, OF. renc, F. rang, fr. OHG.
hring a circle, a circular row, G. ring. See Ring, and cf.
Range, n. & v.]
1. A row or line; a range; an order; a tier; as, a rank of
osiers.
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Many a mountain nigh
Rising in lofty ranks, and loftier still. --Byron.
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2. (Mil.) A line of soldiers ranged side by side; -- opposed
to file. See 1st File, 1
(a) .
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Fierce, fiery warriors fought upon the clouds,
In ranks and squadrons and right form of war.
--Shak.
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3. Grade of official standing, as in the army, navy, or
nobility; as, the rank of general; the rank of admiral.
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4. 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.
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5. 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.
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These all are virtues of a meaner rank. --Addison.
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6. Elevated grade or standing; high degree; high social
position; distinction; eminence; as, a man of rank.
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Rank and file.
(a) (Mil.) The whole body of common soldiers, including
also corporals. In a more extended sense, it includes
sergeants also, excepting the noncommissioned staff.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Rank \Rank\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ranked (r[a^][ng]kt); p. pr.
& vb. n. Ranking.]
1. To place abreast, or in a line.
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2. To range in a particular class, order, or division; to
class; also, to dispose methodically; to place in suitable
classes or order; to classify.
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Ranking all things under general and special heads.
--I. Watts.
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Poets were ranked in the class of philosophers.
--Broome.
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Heresy is ranked with idolatry and witchcraft. --Dr.
H. More.
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3. To take rank of; to outrank. [U.S.]
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Rank \Rank\, v. i.
1. To be ranged; to be set or disposed, as in a particular
degree, class, order, or division.
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Let that one article rank with the rest. --Shak.
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2. 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.
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WordNet rank
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]
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]
4: position in a social hierarchy; "the British are more aware
of social status than Americans are" [syn: social station,
social status, social 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]
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, range, order, grade, place]
3: take precedence or surpass others in rank [syn: outrank]
Moby Dictionary
English horn , IC analysis , Indian file , KP , abject , abominable ,
absolute , abundant , adjust , align , alphabetize , analyze , ancestry ,
antecede , appositive , appraise , appreciate , aristocracy ,
aristocraticalness , army , army group , arrange , arrant , array ,
articulation , ascendancy , assess , assort , atrocious , attribute ,
attributive , authority , awful , bad , bad-smelling , bank , barfy ,
base , bassoon , battalion , battery , battle group , be distinguished ,
be regarded , be thought of , bearings , beastly , beggarly ,
beneath contempt , birth , black , blamable , blameworthy , blatant ,
block flute , blood , blown , blue , blue blood , bolt , bombard ,
bourdon , bracket , brackish , branch , break down , brigade , broad ,
broken , brutal , bulk , bumpy , buzz , cachet , cadre , call , capacity ,
capital , case , caste , catalog , categorize , category , catena ,
catenation , cello , chain , chain reaction , chaining , character ,
cheesy , choppy , circumstance , circumstances , clan , claribel ,
clarinet , clarion , class , classical , classify , cloying , coarse ,
coarse-grained , codify , cohort , collate , column , combat command ,
combat team , come before , come first , company , complement ,
complete , concatenation , concert flute , condition , connection ,
consecution , consequence , conspicuous , construction modifier ,
consummate , contemptible , continuity , continuum , cool off , cornet ,
cornopean , corps , corrugated , corrupt , count , course , crappy ,
crass , criminal , cromorna , cross-grained , crummy , cutting , cycle ,
cymbel , damnable , dank , dark , debased , decided , deep structure ,
definitive , degraded , degree , dense , deplorable , deploy , depraved ,
descent , despicable , detachment , detail , detestable , diapason ,
digest , dignity , dire , direct object , dirty , disagreeable ,
disgraceful , disgusting , dispose , distinction , divide , division ,
downright , dreadful , drone , dulciana , earthy , echelon , egregious ,
eminence , employees , endless belt , endless round , enlarge ,
enormous , estate , estimate , evaluate , evil , execrable , exuberant ,
face , fecal , feculent , fertile , fetid , field army , field train ,
figure , file , filiation , filler , filthy , fix , flagitious , flagrant ,
flourishing , flute stop , flyblown , flying column , footing , form ,
form an estimate , form-function unit , formation , foul ,
foundation stop , fourniture , frank , front , frowsty , frowy , frowzy ,
fructuous , fulsome , function , funky , fusty , gamba , gamut , gamy ,
garrison , gauge , gedeckt , gemshorn , genteelness , gentility ,
give an appreciation , glaring , gloppy , go ahead of , go before ,
go in advance , gradate , gradation , grade , graduate , grainy ,
granulated , grave , graveolent , greatness , grievous , gross , group ,
grouping , grown , guess , gunky , gutter , harmonic flute , harmonize ,
hateful , have priority , head , head the table , head up , heading ,
heavy , heinous , hierarchize , hierarchy , high , high place ,
high-tasted , homespun , honorable descent , horrible , horrid ,
horripilant , hum , humid , hybrid stop , icky , ill-smelling ,
immediate constituent analysis , immodest , impenetrable , importance ,
improper , indecent , indecorous , index , indirect object , inequal ,
infamous , influence , influentialness , iniquitous , intolerable ,
irregular , jam , jolty , jungled , jungly , kick off , kin ,
kitchen police , knavish , koppel flute , kudos , label , lamentable ,
larigot , lavish , lay out , lead , lead off , legion , level , levels ,
line , line up , lineage , linsey-woolsey , list , little , loathsome ,
location , lot , lousy , low , low-down , lumpen , lurid , lush ,
luxuriant , maggoty , make an estimation , malodorous , mangy , maniple ,
mark , marshal , match , mawkish , mean , measly , measure , melodia ,
mephitic , methodize , miasmal , miasmic , mildewed , mildewy ,
miserable , mixture , modality , mode , modifier , moldy , moment ,
monotone , monstrous , mucky , musty , mutation stop , nasty , naughty ,
nauseant , nauseating , nauseous , nazard , nefarious , nexus , nidorous ,
nobility , noble birth , nobleness , noisome , normalize , noticeable ,
notorious , noxious , object , obnoxious , oboe , obscene , octave ,
odious , odorous , off , off color , offensive , olid , order , ordurous ,
organ stop , organization , organize , out-and-out , outfit ,
outrageous , outrank , outright , outstanding , overgrown , overripe ,
overrun , pacify , paltry , pass , peccant , peerage , pendulum , perfect ,
periodicity , petty , phalanx , phrase structure , piccolo , pickle ,
pigeonhole , pimply , pitiable , pitiful , pitted , place , platoon ,
play first fiddle , plein jeu , plenum , plight , pocky , poisonous ,
poky , poor , pornographic , posaune , position , positive , posse ,
posture , potholed , powder train , power , power structure , precede ,
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