English dictionary
rack
nounAudio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
noun
- a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately
noun
- a form of torture in which pain is inflicted by stretching the body
noun
- a support for displaying or holding various articles
noun
- an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims
noun
- the destruction or collapse of something
noun
- rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton
verb
- torture on the rack
verb
- seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block
verb
- place in a rack
verb
- work on a rack
verb
- stretch to the limits
verb
- torment emotionally or mentally
verb
- draw off from the lees
verb
- fly in high wind
verb
- run before a gale
verb
- go at a rack
verb
- obtain by coercion or intimidation
verb
- put on a rack and pinion
Example sentences
the newspapers were arranged on a rack
wrack and ruin
rack pool balls
rack leather
rack one's brains
rack wine
the horses single-footed
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
rack a camera