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1. (noun) rack
framework for holding objects

2. (noun) rack
rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton

3. (noun) wrack, rack
the destruction or collapse of something
"wrack and ruin"

4. (noun) rack, wheel
an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims

5. (noun) rack, stand
a support for displaying various articles
"the newspapers were arranged on a rack"

6. (noun) rack
a form of torture in which pain is inflicted by stretching the body

7. (verb) rack, single-foot
a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately

8. (verb) single-foot, rack
go at a rack
"the horses single-footed"

9. (verb) rack
stretch to the limits
"rack one's brains"

10. (verb) rack
put on a rack and pinion
"rack a camera"

11. (verb) extort, squeeze, rack, gouge, wring
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"

12. (verb) scud, rack
run before a gale

13. (verb) rack
fly in high wind

14. (verb) rack
draw off from the lees
"rack wine"

15. (verb) torment, torture, excruciate, rack
torment emotionally or mentally

16. (verb) rack
work on a rack
"rack leather"

17. (verb) rack
seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block

18. (verb) rack
torture on the rack


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