rank (
http://definr.com/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?" [syn:
rate,
range,
order,
grade,
place]
3: take precedence or surpass others in rank [syn:
outrank]