ranks

rank

• n.
  • a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another

    "the entrance was guarded by ranks of policemen"

  • relative status

    "his salary was determined by his rank and seniority"

  • 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"

    同义词：rank and file

  • position in a social hierarchy

    同义词：social stationsocial statussocial rank

  • the body of members of an organization or group

    "they found dissension in their own ranks"; "he joined the ranks of the unemployed"

    同义词：membership

• v.
  • take or have a position relative to others

    "This painting ranks among the best in the Western World"

  • assign a rank or rating to

    "how would you rank these students?"

    同义词：raterangeordergradeplace

  • take precedence or surpass others in rank

    同义词：outrank

• adj.
  • very fertile; producing profuse growth

    "rank earth"

  • very offensive in smell or taste

    "a rank cigar"

  • conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible

    "rank treachery"

    同义词：crying(a)egregiousflagrantglaringgross

  • complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers

    "a rank outsider"

    同义词：absolutedownrightout-and-out(a)right-downsheer(a)

  • growing profusely

    "rank jungle vegetation"