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What (who) is rank - definition

MAMMALIAN PROTEIN FOUND IN HOMO SAPIENS

TNFRSF11A; CD265; TNFRSF11A (gene)

Rank

·superl Strong to the taste.

II. Rank ·adv Rankly; stoutly; violently.

III. Rank ·vt To place abreast, or in a line.

IV. Rank ·superl Inflamed with venereal appetite.

V. Rank ·vt To take rank of; to Outrank.

VI. Rank ·superl Raised to a high degree; violent; extreme; gross; utter; as, rank heresy.

VII. Rank ·noun & ·v A row or line; a range; an order; a tier; as, a rank of osiers.

VIII. Rank ·superl Strong-scented; rancid; musty; as, oil of a rank smell; rank-smelling rue.

IX. Rank ·superl Causing vigorous growth; producing luxuriantly; very rich and fertile; as, rank land.

X. Rank ·vi To be ranged; to be set or disposed, as in a particular degree, class, order, or division.

XI. Rank ·noun & ·v A line of soldiers ranged side by side;

- opposed to file. ·see 1st File, 1 (a).

XII. Rank ·superl Luxuriant in growth; of vigorous growth; exuberant; grown to immoderate height; as, rank grass; rank weeds.

XIII. Rank ·noun & ·v Elevated grade or standing; high degree; high social position; distinction; eminence; as, a man of rank.

XIV. Rank ·noun & ·v Grade of official standing, as in the army, navy, or nobility; as, the rank of general; the rank of admiral.

XV. Rank ·noun & ·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.

XVI. Rank ·vt To range in a particular class, order, or division; to Class; also, to dispose methodically; to place in suitable classes or order; to Classify.

XVII. Rank ·noun & ·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.

XVIII. Rank ·vi 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.

Rank

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Cybill is a rank dancer. The waterslides at Bell's Amusement Park are rank.

rank

rank¹

¦ noun

1. a position within a fixed hierarchy, especially that of the armed forces.

2. high social standing.

3. a single line of soldiers or police officers drawn up abreast.

a regular row or line of things or people.

4. (the ranks) (in the armed forces) those who are not commissioned officers.

5. (ranks) the people belonging to or constituting a group or class: the ranks of the unemployed.

6. Chess each of the eight rows of eight squares running from side to side across a chessboard. Compare with file² (in sense 3).

7. Brit. short for taxi rank.

8. Mathematics the value or the order of the largest non-zero determinant of a given matrix.

¦ verb

1. give (someone or something) a rank within a grading system.

2. hold a specified rank.

3. US take precedence over (someone) in respect to rank.

4. arrange in a row or rows.

Phrases

break rank (or ranks)

1. (of soldiers or police officers) fail to remain in line.

2. fail to maintain solidarity.

close ranks

1. (of soldiers or police officers) come closer together in a line.

2. unite in order to defend common interests.

pull rank take unfair advantage of one's seniority.

Origin

ME: from OFr. ranc, of Gmc origin; related to ring¹.

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rank²

¦ adjective

1. having a foul smell.

2. (especially of something bad) complete; utter: rank stupidity.

3. (of vegetation) growing too thickly.

Derivatives

rankly adverb

rankness noun

Origin

OE ranc 'proud, rebellious, sturdy', also 'fully grown', of Gmc origin.

Wikipedia

RANK

Receptor activator of nuclear factor κ B (RANK), also known as TRANCE receptor or TNFRSF11A, is a member of the tumor necrosis factor receptor (TNFR) molecular sub-family. RANK is the receptor for RANK-Ligand (RANKL) and part of the RANK/RANKL/OPG signaling pathway that regulates osteoclast differentiation and activation. It is associated with bone remodeling and repair, immune cell function, lymph node development, thermal regulation, and mammary gland development. Osteoprotegerin (OPG) is a decoy receptor for RANKL, and regulates the stimulation of the RANK signaling pathway by competing for RANKL. The cytoplasmic domain of RANK binds TRAFs 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6 which transmit signals to downstream targets such as NF-κB and JNK.

RANK is constitutively expressed in skeletal muscle, thymus, liver, colon, small intestine, adrenal gland, osteoclast, mammary gland epithelial cells, prostate, vascular cell, and pancreas. Most commonly, activation of NF-κB is mediated by RANKL, but over-expression of RANK alone is sufficient to activate the NF-κB pathway.

RANKL (receptor activator for nuclear factor κ B ligand) is found on the surface of stromal cells, osteoblasts, and T cells. Mutations affecting RANK have been associated with infantile malignant osteopetrosis in humans, mice and cats.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RANK

Examples of use of rank

1. Ten officers have been promoted from the rank of captain to major, 132 officers from the rank of lieutenant to the rank of captain, 164 officers from the rank of second lieutenant to the rank of lieutenant.

2. Outside, the ground is littered with rank upon rank of helicopters and enough jet trainers to equip several squadrons.

3. Here is an outstanding businessman who steered BP from being a second rank oil company into a first rank one.

4. He was spared jail time but got a reduction in rank and pay to a private, the Army‘s lowest rank.

5. McMaster, whose influence already outstrips their rank.