Rack - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ræk|  American pronunciation of the word rack
Brit.  |ræk|  British pronunciation of the word rack

noun

- framework for holding objects
- rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton
- the destruction or collapse of something (syn: wrack)
wrack and ruin
- an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims (syn: wheel)
- a support for displaying various articles (syn: stand)
the newspapers were arranged on a rack
- a form of torture in which pain is inflicted by stretching the body
- a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately

verb

- go at a rack
- stretch to the limits
rack one's brains
- put on a rack and pinion
rack a camera
- obtain by coercion or intimidation (syn: extort, gouge, squeeze, wring)
- run before a gale (syn: scud)
- fly in high wind
- draw off from the lees
rack wine
- torment emotionally or mentally (syn: excruciate, torment, torture)
- work on a rack
rack leather
- seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block
- torture on the rack

Extra examples

She was racking her brains for something to say.

They had racked their estates.

A thin shred of cloud was racking across the moon's disk.

If the world's not coming to rack.

Great sobs racked her body.

Her face was racked with pain.

Liza was racked by guilt.

...pants bought off the rack never fit me so I have to buy tailored ones instead...

I have lashed my case to the roof rack.

Thousands of people were tortured on the rack.

The company is now well and truly on the rack.

The house had been left to go to rack and ruin.

A lot of designer clothes are now available off the rack.

The engine has a wheel that is playing in a rack

During the Inquisition, the torturers would stretch their victims on a rack

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: rack
he/she/it: racks
present participle: racking
past tense: racked
past participle: racked
noun
singular: rack
plural: racks
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