/ Dictionary / Index R rank: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: rank Pronunciation: (rangk), [key] —v.t. to arrange in ranks or in regular formation: The men were ranked according to height. He ranked the chess pieces on the board. to assign to a particular position, station, class, etc.: She was ranked among the most admired citizens. to outrank: The colonel ranks all other officers in the squadron. to insult; criticize. —v.i. to form a rank or ranks. to take up or occupy a place in a particular rank, class, etc.: to rank well ahead of the other students. to have rank or standing. to be the senior in rank: The colonel ranks at this camp. to complain. rank Pronunciation: (rangk), [key] — -er, -est. growing with excessive luxuriance; vigorous and tall of growth: tall rank weeds. producing an excessive and coarse growth, as land. having an offensively strong smell or taste: a rank cigar. offensively strong, as a smell or taste. utter; absolute: a rank amateur; rank treachery. highly offensive; disgusting: a rank sight of carnage. grossly coarse, vulgar, or indecent: rank language. inferior; contemptible. Rank Pronunciation: (rängk), [key] 1884–1939, Austrian psychoanalyst. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: rank (Thesaurus) Ranjit Singh rank and file Related Content Daily Word Quiz: censure Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language