Results for rank

Definition of rank:

• part of speech: (verb transitive)

  To place in a rank.

• part of speech: (verb intransitive)

  To occupy a rank.

• part of speech: (adjective)

  Musty; strong- scented; over- rich or offensive from excess; high or strong tasted.

• part of speech: (noun)

  A row or line, as of soldiers standing abreast; grade; station or condition; class or order; status or station in society; degree of eminence or dignity; high place.

• part of speech: (verb)

  To place abreast in a line or row; to include in a particular class or division; to set or place in a particular class, order, or division; to have a certain grade in the orders of civil or military life; to be ranged; to be esteemed.

• part of speech: (adjective)

  Strong or luxuriant in growth; vigorous; excessive in any quality; raised to a high degree; extreme; violent; strong; barefaced.

• part of speech: (noun)

  A row; order; degree; dignity.

• part of speech: (adverb)

  Strongly; fiercely.

• part of speech: (adjective)

  Rancid; strong- scented; luxuriant; flagrant.

Usage examples for rank:

“ One must live, Doctor Rank ” A Doll's House, - Henrik Ibsen.

“ I also observed a third rank who had not a little authority over the common people; my friend Attago was one of these. ” A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World, Volume 1, - James Cook.