a row or series of people or things, esp a line of soldiers standing side by side

(the ranks) the ordinary members of an armed force as distinguished from the officers

(in pl) the people belonging to a group or class

any of the eight rows of squares that extend across a chessboard parallel to the players’ sides: compare file³ (2)

Brit a place where taxis wait to pick up passengers

a complete set of organ pipes of the same type

to take or have a position in relation to others

to arrange (people or things) in lines or in a regular formation

to determine the relative position or worth of (somebody or something)

NAmer to outrank (e.g. an officer)

offensive in odour or flavour

offensively gross or coarse