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Rack

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Noun

1. rack

framework for holding objects

2. rack

rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton

3. rack, wrack

the destruction or collapse of something

Example Sentences:
'wrack and ruin'

4. rack, wheel

an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims

5. rack, stand

a support for displaying various articles

Example Sentences:
'the newspapers were arranged on a rack'

6. rack

a form of torture in which pain is inflicted by stretching the body

7. rack, single-foot

a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately

Verb

8. rack, single-foot

go at a rack

Example Sentences:
'the horses single-footed'

9. rack

stretch to the limits

Example Sentences:
'rack one's brains'

10. rack

put on a rack and pinion

Example Sentences:
'rack a camera'

11. extort, gouge, rack, squeeze, wring

obtain by coercion or intimidation

Example Sentences:
'They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss'
'They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him'

12. rack, scud

run before a gale

13. rack

fly in high wind

14. rack

draw off from the lees

Example Sentences:
'rack wine'

15. excruciate, rack, torment, torture

torment emotionally or mentally

16. rack

work on a rack

Example Sentences:
'rack leather'

17. rack

seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block

18. rack

torture on the rack

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Rack

see synonyms of rack
noun
another word for single-foot, a gait of the horse
noun
1. 
a group of broken clouds moving in the wind
verb
2. (intransitive)
(of clouds) to be blown along by the wind
verb (transitive)
1. 
to clear (wine, beer, etc) as by siphoning it off from the dregs
2. 
to fill a container with (beer, wine, etc)
noun
the neck or rib section of mutton, pork, or veal
noun
1. 
a framework for holding, carrying, or displaying a specific load or object
a plate rack
a hat rack
a hay rack
a luggage rack
2. 
a toothed bar designed to engage a pinion to form a mechanism that will interconvert rotary and rectilinear motions
3. 
a framework fixed to an aircraft for carrying bombs, rockets, etc
4.  the rack
5. 
a cause or state of mental or bodily stress, suffering, etc; anguish; torment (esp in the phrase on the rack)
6. vulgar, slang, mainly US
a woman's breasts
7. US and Canadian (in pool, snooker, etc)
a. 
the triangular frame used to arrange the balls for the opening shot
b. 
the balls so grouped
. Brit equivalent: frame
verb (transitive)
8. 
to torture on the rack
9. Also: wrack
to cause great stress or suffering to
guilt racked his conscience
10. Also: wrack
to strain or shake (something) violently, as by great physical force
the storm racked the town
11. 
to place or arrange in or on a rack
to rack bottles of wine
12. 
to move (parts of machinery or a mechanism) using a toothed rack
13. 
to raise (rents) exorbitantly; rack-rent
14.  rack one's brains
noun
destruction; wreck (obsolete except in the phrase go to rack and ruin)

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Rack

see synonyms of rack
noun
1. 
a framework, grating, case, stand, etc. for holding or displaying various things
clothes rack, dish rack, pipe rack, bomb rack
see also hatrack, hayrack
2. 
a. 
a triangular form for arranging billiard balls at the beginning of a game of pool
b. 
the billiard balls as set up before the break
3. 
a lift used for automotive vehicles
4. 
a frame for holding cases of type
5. 
a toothed bar into which a pinion, worm gear, etc. meshes for receiving or transmitting motion, as in automotive steering systems
6. 
a pair of antlers
7. 
an instrument of torture having a frame on which the victim's body is bound and stretched until the limbs are pulled out of place
8. 
any great mental or physical torment, or its cause
9. 
a wrenching or upheaval, as by a storm
verb transitive
10. 
to arrange in or on a rack
11. 
to torture on a rack
12. 
to trouble, torment, or afflict
a body racked with pain
13. 
a. 
to oppress by unfair demands, esp. by exacting exorbitant rents
b. 
to raise (rents) to an exorbitant degree
noun, verb intransitive
single-foot
noun
destruction; wreckage
now only in go to rack and ruin, to become ruined
noun
1. 
a broken mass of clouds blown by the wind
verb intransitive
2. 
to be blown by the wind
said of clouds
verb transitive
to draw off (cider, wine, etc.) from the dregs
noun
1. 
the neck or forepart of the spine, especially of mutton or pork
2. 
the rib section of lamb, usually including eight or nine pairs of ribs, used for a roast or for rib chops
: in full rack of lamb

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Rack

see synonyms of rack
n.
1.
a. A framework or stand in or on which to hold, hang, or display various articles: a trophy rack; a rack for baseball bats in the dugout; a drying rack for laundry.
b. Games A triangular frame for arranging billiard or pool balls at the start of a game.
c. A receptacle for livestock feed.
d. A frame for holding bombs in an aircraft.
2. Slang
a. A bunk or bed.
b. Sleep: tried to get some rack.
3. A toothed bar that meshes with a gearwheel, pinion, or other toothed machine part.
4.
a. A state of intense anguish.
b. A cause of intense anguish.
5. An instrument of torture on which the victim's body was stretched.
6. A pair of antlers.
7. Vulgar Slang A woman's breasts.
tr.v. racked, rack·ing, racks
1. To place (billiard balls, for example) in a rack.
2. also wrack To cause great physical or mental suffering to: Pain racked his entire body. See Synonyms at afflict.
3. To torture by means of the rack.
n.
A fast, flashy, four-beat gait of a horse in which each foot touches the ground separately and at equal intervals.
intr.v. racked, rack·ing, racks
To go or move at a rack.
n.
A thin mass of wind-driven clouds.
n.
Variant of wrack1.
n. & v.
Variant of wrack2.
tr.v. racked, rack·ing, racks
To drain (wine or cider) from the dregs.
n.
1.
a. A wholesale rib cut of lamb or veal between the shoulder and the loin.
b. A retail rib cut of lamb or veal, prepared for roasting or for rib chops.
2. The neck and upper spine of mutton, pork, or veal.

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