Rack - Definition
rack
n 1: framework for holding objects
2: rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially
lamb or mutton
3: the destruction or collapse of something; "wrack and ruin"
[syn: wrack, rack]
4: an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or
mutilates victims [syn: rack, wheel]
5: a support for displaying various articles; "the newspapers
were arranged on a rack" [syn: rack, stand]
6: a form of torture in which pain is inflicted by stretching
the body
7: a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground
separately [syn: rack, single-foot]
v 1: go at a rack; "the horses single-footed" [syn: single-
foot, rack]
2: stretch to the limits; "rack one's brains"
3: put on a rack and pinion; "rack a camera"
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" [syn: extort, squeeze,
rack, gouge, wring]
5: run before a gale [syn: scud, rack]
6: fly in high wind
7: draw off from the lees; "rack wine"
8: torment emotionally or mentally [syn: torment, torture,
excruciate, rack]
9: work on a rack; "rack leather"
10: seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to
prevent running through the block
11: torture on the rack