Index of English words, starting with "ra"

(1) - Rank (n. & v.) Grade of official standing, as in the army, navy, or nobility; as, the rank of general; the rank of admiral.
(2) - Rank (superl.) Raised to a high degree; violent; extreme; gross; utter; as, rank heresy.
(3) - Rank (superl.) Causing vigorous growth; producing luxuriantly; very rich and fertile; as, rank land.
(4) - Rank (superl.) Strong-scented; rancid; musty; as, oil of a rank smell; rank-smelling rue.
(5) - Rank (superl.) Strong to the taste.
(6) - Rank (superl.) Inflamed with venereal appetite.
(7) - Rank (adv.) Rankly; stoutly; violently.
(8) - Rank (superl.) Luxuriant in growth; of vigorous growth; exuberant; grown to immoderate height; as, rank grass; rank weeds.
(9) - Rank (n. & v.) A line of soldiers ranged side by side; -- opposed to file. See 1st File, 1 (a).
(10) - Rank (v. i.) To have a certain grade or degree of elevation in the orders of civil or military life; to have a certain degree of esteem or consideration; as, he ranks with the first class of poets; he ranks high in public estimation.
(11) - Rank (n. & v.) An aggregate of individuals classed together; a permanent social class; an order; a division; as, ranks and orders of men; the highest and the lowest ranks of men, or of other intelligent beings.
(12) - Rank (n. & v.) Degree of dignity, eminence, or excellence; position in civil or social life; station; degree; grade; as, a writer of the first rank; a lawyer of high rank.
(13) - Rank (n. & v.) Elevated grade or standing; high degree; high social position; distinction; eminence; as, a man of rank.
(14) - Rank (v. t.) To place abreast, or in a line.
(15) - Rank (v. t.) To range in a particular class, order, or division; to class; also, to dispose methodically; to place in suitable classes or order; to classify.
(16) - Rank (v. t.) To take rank of; to outrank.
(17) - Rank (v. i.) To be ranged; to be set or disposed, as in a particular degree, class, order, or division.
(18) - Rank (n. & v.) A row or line; a range; an order; a tier; as, a rank of osiers.

(1) - Ranker (n.) One who ranks, or disposes in ranks; one who arranges.

(1) - Ranking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rank

(1) - Rankle (v. t.) To cause to fester; to make sore; to inflame.
(2) - Rankle (a.) To produce a festering or inflamed effect; to cause a sore; -- used literally and figuratively; as, a splinter rankles in the flesh; the words rankled in his bosom.
(3) - Rankle (a.) To become, or be, rank; to grow rank or strong; to be inflamed; to fester; -- used literally and figuratively.