rack

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rack

Noun

framework for holding objects

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• rack

Noun

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

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• rack

Noun

the destruction or collapse of something; "wrack and ruin"

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• wrack
• rack

Noun

an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims

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• rack
• wheel

Noun

a support for displaying various articles; "the newspapers were arranged on a rack"

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• rack
• stand

Noun

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

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• rack

Noun

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

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• rack
• single-foot

Verb

go at a rack; "the horses single-footed"

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• single-foot
• rack

Verb

stretch to the limits; "rack one's brains"

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• rack

Verb

put on a rack and pinion; "rack a camera"

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• rack

Verb

obtain by coercion or intimidation; "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"

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• extort
• squeeze
• rack
• gouge
• wring

Verb

run before a gale

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• scud
• rack

Verb

fly in high wind

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• rack

Verb

draw off from the lees; "rack wine"

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• rack

Verb

torment emotionally or mentally

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• torment
• torture
• excruciate
• rack

Verb

work on a rack; "rack leather"

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• rack

Verb

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

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• rack

Verb

torture on the rack

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• rack