rack
noun
- 1
a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately
- 2
a form of torture in which pain is inflicted by stretching the body
- 3
a support for displaying various articles
the newspapers were arranged on a rack
- 4
framework for holding objects
- 5
an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims
- 6
the destruction or collapse of something
wrack and ruin
- 7
rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton
verb
- 1
torture on the rack
- 2
seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block
- 3
work on a rack
rack leather
- 4
stretch to the limits
rack one's brains
- 5
torment emotionally or mentally
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