Words with a similar base: outrank, rank, rank_and_file, social_rank

'rank'
[rank.n.01] as in: a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another


Examples:
the entrance was guarded by ranks of policemen


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'rank'
[rank.n.02] as in: relative status


Examples:
his salary was determined by his rank and seniority



'rank'
[rank_and_file.n.01] as in: the ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army)


Examples:
the strike was supported by the union rank and file
he rose from the ranks to become a colonel


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'rank'
[social_station.n.01] as in: position in a social hierarchy


Examples:
the British are more aware of social status than Americans are


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'rank'
[membership.n.01] as in: the body of members of an organization or group


Examples:
they polled their membership
they found dissension in their own ranks
he joined the ranks of the unemployed



'rank'
[rank.v.01] as in: take or have a position relative to others


Examples:
This painting ranks among the best in the Western World



'rank'
[rate.v.01] as in: assign a rank or rating to


Examples:
how would you rank these students?
The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide


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'rank'
[rank.v.03] as in: take precedence or surpass others in rank


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'rank'
[rank.s.01] as in: very fertile; producing profuse growth


Examples:
rank earth


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'rank'
[rank.s.02] as in: very offensive in smell or taste


Examples:
a rank cigar



'rank'
[crying.s.02] as in: conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible


Examples:
a crying shame
an egregious lie
flagrant violation of human rights
a glaring error
gross ineptitude
gross injustice
rank treachery



'rank'
[absolute.s.01] as in: complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers


Examples:
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



'rank'
[rank.s.05] as in: growing profusely


Examples:
rank jungle vegetation


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rank (English)
└── rank (Middle English (1100-1500))
├── ranc (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
└── reng (Old French (842-ca. 1400))


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