Meaning & Definition of Rack in English
Rack
noun
1. Framework for holding objects
- rack
2. Rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton
- rack
3. The destruction or collapse of something
- "Wrack and ruin"
- wrack,
- rack
4. An instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims
- rack,
- wheel
5. A support for displaying various articles
- "The newspapers were arranged on a rack"
- rack,
- stand
6. A form of torture in which pain is inflicted by stretching the body
- rack
7. A rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately
- rack,
- single-foot
verb
1. Go at a rack
- "The horses single-footed"
- single-foot,
- rack
2. Stretch to the limits
- "Rack one's brains"
- rack
3. Put on a rack and pinion
- "Rack a camera"
- 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"
- extort,
- squeeze,
- rack,
- gouge,
- wring
5. Run before a gale
- scud,
- rack
6. Fly in high wind
- rack
7. Draw off from the lees
- "Rack wine"
- rack
8. Torment emotionally or mentally
- torment,
- torture,
- excruciate,
- rack
9. Work on a rack
- "Rack leather"
- rack
10. Seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block
- rack
11. Torture on the rack
- rack