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Thesaurus for rack
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Definition of rack
- (n): a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately
- (n): a support for displaying various articles; "the newspapers were arranged on a rack"
- (n): framework for holding objects
- (n): an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims
- (n): the destruction or collapse of something; "wrack and ruin"
- (n): rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton
- (v): torture on the rack
- (v): seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block
- (v): work on a rack; "rack leather"
- (v): stretch to the limits; "rack one''s brains"
- (v): torment emotionally or mentally
- (v): draw off from the lees; "rack wine"
- (v): fly in high wind
- (v): run before a gale
- (v): go at a rack; "the horses single-footed"
- (v): 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"
- (v): put on a rack and pinion; "rack a camera"