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}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0