ranck
ranck is the obsolete form of rank.
Meaning of rank
Adjective
rank (comparative ranker or more rank, superlative rankest or most rank)
- Strong in growth; growing with vigour or rapidity, hence, coarse or gross.
- rank grass
- Causing strong growth; producing luxuriantly; rich and fertile.
- rank land
- Suffering from overgrowth or hypertrophy; plethoric.
- The moon had spread over everything a thin layer of silver—over the rank grass, over the mud, upon the wall of matted vegetation standing higher than the wall of a temple […]1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I
- Strong to the senses; offensive; noisome.
- Gross, disgusting, foul.
- Headstrong; difficult to control.
- If Safford happens to be driving a "rank" horse, one that insists on getting away fast, he goes along with the rest, […]1949, The New Yorker (volume 25, part 3, page 46)
Proper noun capitalized: Ranck
Ranck (plural Rancks)
- A surname.
Forms of ranck
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more ranck |
| superlative | most ranck |
| Noun | |
| plural | rancks |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | rancks |
| present participle | rancking |
| past participle | rancked |
| past | rancked |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Rancks |
Questions about ranck
- What does ranck mean?
- Ranck means a surname.
- What is ranck the obsolete form of?
- Ranck is the obsolete form of rank.
- What part of speech is ranck?
- Ranck is a proper noun.
Words near ranck in the dictionary
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