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foul smelling; pungent
rank(noun)a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another
"the entrance was guarded by ranks of policemen"
rank(noun)relative status
"his salary was determined by his rank and seniority"
rank and file, rank(noun)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"
social station, social status, social rank, rank(noun)position in a social hierarchy
"the British are more aware of social status than Americans are"
membership, rank(adj)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"
rank(adj)very fertile; producing profuse growth
"rank earth"
rank(adj)very offensive in smell or taste
"a rank cigar"
crying(a), egregious, flagrant, glaring, gross, rank(adj)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"
absolute, downright, out-and-out(a), rank(a), right-down, sheer(a)(adj)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"
rank(verb)growing profusely
"rank jungle vegetation"
rank(verb)take or have a position relative to others
"This painting ranks among the best in the Western World"
rate, rank, range, order, grade, place(verb)assign a rank or rating to
"how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"
rank, outrank(verb)take precedence or surpass others in rank
growing thickly and vigorouslycovered with trumpet vines so rank you couldn't see the trellis beneath them
having an unpleasant smellsmokes rank cigars that usually send me running for fresh air
very noticeable especially for being incorrect or badthe article about fairy tales was full of rank errors, such as a reference to "Cinderella biting into the poisoned apple"
having no exceptions or restrictionsa sidewalk sale of art works by rank amateurs
the placement of someone or something in relation to others in a vertical arrangementattained the highest rank in the Freemasons
high position within societyremembered as a woman of rank who socialized only with other members of the elite
a series of people or things arranged side by siderank upon rank of cavalry came thundering down the hill
one of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristicthis book will someday join the ranks of the world's great novels
to take or have a certain position within a group arranged in vertical classesmy favorite pitcher ranks first in the league for number of consecutive outs
to arrange or assign according to typemost critics would rank him among our best actors
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