Definitions for the word "Rank" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. superl.
Luxuriant in growth; of vigorous growth; exuberant; grown to immoderate height; as, rank grass; rank weeds.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. superl.
Raised to a high degree; violent; extreme; gross; utter; as, rank heresy.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. superl.
Causing vigorous growth; producing luxuriantly; very rich and fertile; as, rank land.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. superl.
Strong-scented; rancid; musty; as, oil of a rank smell; rank-smelling rue.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. superl.
Strong to the taste.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. superl.
Inflamed with venereal appetite.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. adv.
Rankly; stoutly; violently.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n. & v.
A row or line; a range; an order; a tier; as, a rank of osiers.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. n. & v.
A line of soldiers ranged side by side; -- opposed to file. See 1st File, 1 (a).
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. n. & v.
Grade of official standing, as in the army, navy, or nobility; as, the rank of general; the rank of admiral.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
11. n. & v.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
12. n. & v.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
13. n. & v.
Elevated grade or standing; high degree; high social position; distinction; eminence; as, a man of rank.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
14. v. t.
To place abreast, or in a line.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
15. v. t.
To range in a particular class, order, or division; to class; also, to dispose methodically; to place in suitable classes or order; to classify.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
16. v. t.
To take rank of; to outrank.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
17. v. i.
To be ranged; to be set or disposed, as in a particular degree, class, order, or division.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
18. v. i.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
19. n.
1 a position in a hierarchy, grade of advancement. B distinct social class; grade of dignity or achievement. C high social position. D place in a scale. 2 row or line. 3 single line of soldiers drawn up abreast. 4 place where taxis await customers. 5 order, array. v. 1 have a rank or place. 2 classify, give a certain grade to. 3 arrange (esp. Soldiers) in rank. close ranks maintain solidarity. The ranks common soldiers. [french ranc]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
20. adj.
1 luxuriant, coarse; choked with or apt to produce weeds or excessive foliage. 2 a foul-smelling. B loathsome, corrupt. 3 flagrant, virulent, gross, complete (rank outsider). [old english]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
21. slang
to cheat. Modification of RAMP.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
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