Word Meanings - RANK - Book Publishers vocabulary database

proud; cf. D. rank slender, Dan. rank upright, erect, Prov. G. rank slender, Icel. rakkr slender, bold. The meaning seems to have been 1. Luxuriant in growth; of vigorous growth; exuberant; grown to immoderate height; as, rank grass; rank weeds.

Additional info about word: RANK

proud; cf. D. rank slender, Dan. rank upright, erect, Prov. G. rank slender, Icel. rakkr slender, bold. The meaning seems to have been 1. Luxuriant in growth; of vigorous growth; exuberant; grown to immoderate height; as, rank grass; rank weeds. And, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good. Gen. xli. 5. 2. Raised to a high degree; violent; extreme; gross; utter; as, rank heresy. "Rank nonsense." Hare. "I do forgive thy rankest fault." Shak. 3. Causing vigorous growth; producing luxuriantly; very rich and fertile; as, rank land. Mortimer. 4. Strong-scented; rancid; musty; as, oil of a rank smell; rank- smelling rue. Spenser. 5. Strong to the taste. "Divers sea fowls taste rank of the fish on which they feed." Boyle. 6. Inflamed with venereal appetite. Shak. Rank modus , an excessive and unreasonable modus. See Modus, 3. -- To set rank, to set so as to take off a thick shaving. Moxon.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of RANK)

• Array Vest
• deck
• equip
• decorate
• rank
• adorn
• dress
• accoutre
• invest
• attire
• place
• arrange
• draw up
• marshal
• set in order
• dispose
• Caste
• Order
• class
• lineage
• race
• blood
• dignity
• respect
• Classify
• Arrange
• systematize
• adjust
• tabulate
• collocate
• assort
• Degree
• Grade
• stage
• step
• extent
• measure
• mark
• rate
• position
• quality
• station
• range
• quantity
• amount
• limit
• order
• Estate
• Lands
• fortune
• property
• possessions
• demesne
• condition
• freehold
• domain

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of RANK)

• Fall
• recede
• relapse
• decline
• fail
• Misfit
• misconform
• mismeasure
• misdeal
• misapportion
• Disturb
• disconnect
• disorder
• derange
• intermit
• remain
• be stationary
• Overlook
• disregard
• dishonor
• despise
• contemn

Related words: (words related to RANK)

• EQUIPENSATE
  To weigh equally; to esteem alike.
• CLASSIFIC
  Characterizing a class or classes; relating to classification.
• BLOODSUCKER
  Any animal that sucks blood; esp., the leech (Hirudo medicinalis), and related species. 2. One who sheds blood; a cruel, bloodthirsty man; one guilty of bloodshed; a murderer. Shak. 3. A hard and exacting master, landlord, or money lender; an
• DISREGARDFULLY
  Negligently; heedlessly.
• EQUIPONDERANCE; EQUIPONDERANCY
  Equality of weight; equipoise.
• DISPOSEMENT
  Disposal. Goodwin.
• CLASSIFICATORY
  Pertaining to classification; admitting of classification. "A classificatory system." Earle.
• DERANGER
  One who deranges.
• BLOODSHEDDER
  One who sheds blood; a manslayer; a murderer.
• INVESTIGATION
  The act of investigating; the process of inquiring into or following up; research; study; inquiry, esp. patient or thorough inquiry or examination; as, the investigations of the philosopher and the mathematician; the investigations of the judge,
• CLASSICISM
  A classic idiom or expression; a classicalism. C. Kingsley.
• DERANGEMENT
  The act of deranging or putting out of order, or the state of being deranged; disarrangement; disorder; confusion; especially, mental disorder; insanity. Syn. -- Disorder; confusion; embarrassment; irregularity; disturbance; insanity;
• RANGEMENT
  Arrangement. Waterland.
• EQUIPOTENTIAL
  Having the same potential. Equipotential surface, a surface for which the potential is for all points of the surface constant. Level surfaces on the earth are equipotential.
• LANDSTHING
  See BELOW
• DECORATE
  To deck with that which is becoming, ornamental, or honorary; to adorn; to beautify; to embellish; as, to decorate the person; to decorate an edifice; to decorate a lawn with flowers; to decorate the mind with moral beauties; to decorate a hero
• STATIONARINESS
  The quality or state of being stationary; fixity.
• ADORNINGLY
  By adorning; decoratively.
• LANDSKIP
  A landscape. Straight my eye hath caught new pleasures, Whilst the landskip round it measures. Milton.
• SYSTEMATIZE
  To reduce to system or regular method; to arrange methodically; to methodize; as, to systematize a collection of plants or minerals; to systematize one's work; to systematize one's ideas. Diseases were healed, and buildings erected, before medicine
• 'SBLOOD
  An abbreviation of God's blood; -- used as an oath. Shak.
• UNDRESS
  To take the dressing, or covering, from; as, to undress a wound. (more info) 1. To divest of clothes; to strip. 2. To divest of ornaments to disrobe.
• DEMANDRESS
  A woman who demands.
• ESTRANGE
  extraneare to treat as a stranger, from extraneus strange. See 1. To withdraw; to withhold; hence, reflexively, to keep at a distance; to cease to be familiar and friendly with. We must estrange our belief from everything which is not clearly and
• ORANGEADE
  A drink made of orange juice and water, corresponding to lemonade; orange sherbet.
• CITRANGE
  A citrous fruit produced by a cross between the sweet orange and the trifoliate orange . It is more acid and has a more pronounced aroma than the orange; the tree is hardier. There are several varieties.
• MENOSTATION
  See MENOSTASIS
• UNATTIRE
  To divest of attire; to undress.
• WEATHER STATION
  A station for taking meteorological observations, making weather forecasts, or disseminating such information. Such stations are of the first order when they make observations of all the important elements either hourly or by self-registering