Words Containing Rank
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Definition of rank
- superl. - Luxuriant in growth; of vigorous growth; exuberant;
grown to immoderate height; as, rank grass; rank weeds.
- superl. - Raised to a high degree; violent; extreme; gross; utter;
as, rank heresy.
- superl. - Causing vigorous growth; producing luxuriantly; very
rich and fertile; as, rank land.
- superl. - Strong-scented; rancid; musty; as, oil of a rank smell;
rank-smelling rue.
- superl. - Strong to the taste.
- superl. - Inflamed with venereal appetite.
- adv. - Rankly; stoutly; violently.
- n. & v. - A row or line; a range; an order; a tier; as, a rank of
osiers.
- n. & v. - A line of soldiers ranged side by side; -- opposed to
file. See 1st File, 1 (a).
- n. & v. - Grade of official standing, as in the army, navy, or
nobility; as, the rank of general; the rank of admiral.
- 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.
- 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.
- n. & v. - Elevated grade or standing; high degree; high social
position; distinction; eminence; as, a man of rank.
- v. t. - To place abreast, or in a line.
- 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.
- v. t. - To take rank of; to outrank.
- v. i. - To be ranged; to be set or disposed, as in a particular
degree, class, order, or division.
- 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.
Syllable Information
The word rank is a 4 letter word that has 1 syllable . The syllable division for rank is: rank