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Adjective
  1. Strong of its kind or in character; unmitigated; virulent; thorough; utter.
  2. Strong in growth; growing with vigour or rapidity, hence, coarse or gross.
  3. Suffering from overgrowth or hypertrophy; plethoric.
  4. Causing strong growth; producing luxuriantly; rich and fertile.
  5. Strong to the senses; offensive; noisome.
  6. Having a very strong and bad taste or odor.
  7. Complete, used as an intensifier (usually negative, referring to incompetence).
  8. (informal) Gross, disgusting.
  9. (obsolete) Strong; powerful; capable of acting or being used with great effect; energetic; vigorous; headstrong.
  10. (obsolete) Inflamed with venereal appetite.
Adverb
  1. (obsolete) Quickly, eagerly, impetuously.
Noun
  1. A row of people or things organized in a grid pattern, often soldiers [the corresponding term for the perpendicular columns in such a pattern is "file"].
  2. (music) In a pipe organ, a set of pipes of a certain quality for which each pipe corresponds to one key or pedal.
  3. One's position in a list sorted by a shared property such as physical location, population, or quality
  4. The level of one's position in a class-based society
  5. a hierarchical level in an organization such as the military
  6. (taxonomy) a level in a scientific taxonomy system
  7. (linear algebra) Maximal number of linearly independent columns (or rows) of a matrix.
  8. The dimensionality of an array (computing) or tensor (mathematics).
  9. (chess) one of the eight horizontal lines of squares on a chessboard (i.e., those identified by a number). The analog vertical lines are the files.
  10. (typically in the plural) A category of people, such as those who share an occupation.
Verb
  1. To place abreast, or in a line.
  2. To have a ranking.
  3. To assign a suitable place in a class or order; to classify.
  4. (US) To take rank of; to outrank.
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