Main entry: rank, rank and file
Definition: the ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army)
Usage: the strike was supported by the union rank and file; he rose from the ranks to become a colonel
Main entry: rank, membership
Definition: the body of members of an organization or group
Usage: they polled their membership; they found dissension in their own ranks; he joined the ranks of the unemployed
Main entry: rank
Definition: a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another
Usage: the entrance was guarded by ranks of policemen
Main entry: rank, social rank, social station, social status
Definition: position in a social hierarchy
Usage: the British are more aware of social status than Americans are
Main entry: rank
Definition: relative status
Usage: his salary was determined by his rank and seniority
Main entry: place, range, rank, rate, grade, order
Definition: assign a rank or rating to
Usage: how would you rank these students?; The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide
Main entry: rank
Definition: take or have a position relative to others
Usage: This painting ranks among the best in the Western World
Definition: take precedence or surpass others in rank
Main entry: rank
Definition: growing profusely
Usage: rank jungle vegetation
Main entry: absolute, out-and-out, sheer, rank, right-down, downright
Definition: complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers
Usage: 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
Main entry: flagrant, rank, egregious, crying, glaring, gross
Definition: conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
Usage: a crying shame; an egregious lie; flagrant violation of human rights; a glaring error; gross ineptitude; gross injustice; rank treachery
Main entry: rank
Definition: very fertile; producing profuse growth
Usage: rank earth
Main entry: rank
Definition: very offensive in smell or taste
Usage: a rank cigar