rack  /ræk/

noun

1. framework for holding objects

synset: rack

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

synset: rack

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

synset: wrack, rack

4. an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims

synset: rack, wheel

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

synset: rack, stand

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

synset: rack

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

synset: rack, single-foot

verb

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

synset: single-foot, rack

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

synset: rack

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

synset: rack

4. 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"

synset: extort, squeeze, rack, gouge, wring

5. run before a gale

synset: scud, rack

6. fly in high wind

synset: rack

7. draw off from the lees; "rack wine"

synset: rack

8. torment emotionally or mentally

synset: torment, torture, excruciate, rack

9. work on a rack; "rack leather"

synset: rack

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

synset: rack

11. torture on the rack

synset: rack

Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

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