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Definition of 'rack'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) rack
a framework of bars, pegs, etc., on which articles are arranged or deposited:
a clothes rack.

2.  rack
a fixture containing tiered shelves, often affixed to a wall:
a spice rack.

3.  rack
a framework set up on a vehicle to carry loads.

4.  rack
a triangular wooden frame in which balls are arranged before a game of pool.

5.  rack
the balls so arranged.

6.  rack
Mach.

7.  rack
a bar, with teeth on one of its sides, adapted to engage with the teeth of a pinion

8.  rack
a bar having a series of notches engaging with a pawl or the like.

9.  rack
a former instrument of torture on which a victim was slowly stretched.

10.  rack
a cause or state of intense suffering of body or mind.

11.  rack
violent strain.

12.  rack
a pair of antlers.

13. (v.t.) rack
to torture; distress acutely; torment.

14.  rack
to strain in mental effort:
to rack one's brains.

15.  rack
to strain by physical force or violence.

16.  rack
to stretch the body of (a person) on a rack.

17.  rack
rack up,

18.  rack
Pool. to put (the balls) in a rack.

19.  rack
to gain, achieve, or score:
The new store is racking up profits.

20. (n.) rack
wreckage or destruction; wrack:
to go to rack and ruin.

21. (n.) rack
the fast pace of a horse in which the legs move in lateral pairs but not simultaneously.

22. (v.i.) rack
(of horses) to move in a rack.

23. (n.) rack
a group of drifting clouds.

24. (v.i.) rack
to drive or move, esp. before the wind.

25. (v.t.) rack
to draw off (wine, cider, etc.) from the lees.

26. (n.) rack
the neck portion of mutton, pork, or veal.

27.  rack
the rib section of a foresaddle of lamb, veal, etc.

Etymology: (1560–70; orig. uncert.)

Definition of 'rack'

Princeton's WordNet

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

Definition of 'rack'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) rack
a frame with shelves or hooks for storing things
a rack where I keep all my herbs and spices

2. (verb) rack
racked by
suffering badly because of
a country racked by despair as the death toll rises

3. rack
rack your brains
to try very hard to think of or remember
I've been racking my brains to come up with a solution.

Definition of 'rack'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) rack
an instrument or frame used for stretching, extending, retaining, or displaying, something

2. (adj) rack
an engine of torture, consisting of a large frame, upon which the body was gradually stretched until, sometimes, the joints were dislocated; -- formerly used judicially for extorting confessions from criminals or suspected persons

3. (adj) rack
an instrument for bending a bow

4. (adj) rack
a grate on which bacon is laid

5. (adj) rack
a frame or device of various construction for holding, and preventing the waste of, hay, grain, etc., supplied to beasts

6. (adj) rack
a frame on which articles are deposited for keeping or arranged for display; as, a clothes rack; a bottle rack, etc

7. (adj) rack
a piece or frame of wood, having several sheaves, through which the running rigging passes; -- called also rack block. Also, a frame to hold shot

8. (adj) rack
a frame or table on which ores are separated or washed

9. (adj) rack
a frame fitted to a wagon for carrying hay, straw, or grain on the stalk, or other bulky loads

10. (adj) rack
a distaff

11. (adj) rack
a bar with teeth on its face, or edge, to work with those of a wheel, pinion, or worm, which is to drive it or be driven by it

12. (adj) rack
that which is extorted; exaction

13. (noun) rack
same as Arrack

14. (noun) rack
the neck and spine of a fore quarter of veal or mutton

15. (noun) rack
a wreck; destruction

16. (noun) rack
thin, flying, broken clouds, or any portion of floating vapor in the sky

17. (noun) rack
a fast amble

18. rack
to amble fast, causing a rocking or swaying motion of the body; to pace; -- said of a horse

19. (verb) rack
to fly, as vapor or broken clouds

20. (verb) rack
to draw off from the lees or sediment, as wine

21. (verb) rack
to extend by the application of force; to stretch or strain; specifically, to stretch on the rack or wheel; to torture by an engine which strains the limbs and pulls the joints

22. (verb) rack
to torment; to torture; to affect with extreme pain or anguish

23. (verb) rack
to stretch or strain, in a figurative sense; hence, to harass, or oppress by extortion

24. (verb) rack
to wash on a rack, as metals or ore

25. (verb) rack
to bind together, as two ropes, with cross turns of yarn, marline, etc

Definitions of 'rack'

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

1. rack
an instrument of torture; consisted of an oblong wooden frame, fitted with cords and levers, by means of which the victim's limbs were racked to the point of dislocation; dates back to Roman times, and was used against the early Christians; much resorted to by the Spanish Inquisition, and also at times by the Tudor monarchs of England, though subsequently prohibited by law in England.

Translation of 'rack'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a frame or shelf in or on which objects (eg letters, plates, luggage etc) are put until they are wanted or needed Put these tools back in the rack; Put your bag in the luggage-rack.
Afrikaans: rak	Arabic: رَف، حامِل خَشَبي	Bulgarian: стойка
Brazilian: prateleira	Czech: police, pult, regál	German: das Gestell
Danish: stativ; -stativ; hylde; -	Greek: σχάρα, ράφι	Spanish: estante
Estonian: riiul	Farsi: گیره؛ چنگک	Finnish: teline
French: porte-outils;étagère; por	Hebrew: כּוֹנָן, מַתלֶה	Hindi: रैक
Croatian: vješalica, spremište	Hungarian: állvány, (poggyász)tartó	Indonesian: rak
Icelandic: grind, hilla, standur	Italian: scaffale	Japanese: 棚
Korean: 선반	Lithuanian: lentyna, regztis	Latvian: plaukts; nodalījums
Malay: rak	Dutch: rek	Norwegian: stativ; hylle, reol
Polish: półka	Persian: گیره؛ چنگک	Pashto: اخور: شكنجه، پانه: ريګ چڼ
Portuguese: prateleira	Romanian: raft; etajeră; portbagaj	Russian: стеллаж
Slovak: polica, regál	Slovenian: polica	Serbian: polica
Swedish: ställ, hylla, hållare	Thai: ชั้น	Turkish: raf
Taiwanese: 開放式置物架	Ukrainian: полиця; стелаж	Urdu: سامان رکھنے کا خانہ
Vietnamese: giá; gác	Chinese: 架, ，行李架
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