rack has definitions from the fields of sport,horse racing,chemistry,food,nautical,transportation
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[ noun ] framework for holding objects

Used in print

(Walter H. Buchsbaum, "Advances in Medical Electronics"...)

In the lower center rack an 8 - channel recorder indicates the percentage of carbon_dioxide and nitrogen from the upper and lower lobes of one lung , the total volume of inhalation per breath , the flow of air from both lobes , and the pressure of the two lobes with_respect_to each_other .

(Breni James, Nights of the Kill....)

He walked up_to the lieutenant 's office , leaned wearily against the gun rack that housed four rifles and a gas_gun nobody remembered having used and a submachine_gun that was occasionally tried_out on the Academy_Range .

(Gene Caesar, Rifle for Rent....)

Haying_time was close at_hand , and they needed some strong branches to repair a hay rack .

(Ralph J. Salisbury, "On the Old Santa Fe Trail...)

Quickly but carefully lowering my duffel_bag over the low side rack , I stepped_on the running_board ; it flopped down , sprang back up and gouged my shin .

I seized the rack and made a western style flying mount just_in_time , one of my knees mercifully landing on my duffel_bag - and merely wrecking my camera , I was to discover later - my other knee landing on the slivery truck floor_boards and - but this is no medical_report .

2
[ verb ] go at a rack, as of horses

Synonyms

single-foot

Used in print

(Peter Field, Rattlesnake Ridge....)

Although they were forced to maintain a sharper watch , this activity enabled them to ride in and rack their broncs without any particular attention being paid them .

Related terms

pace

3
[ verb ] stretch to the limits

Examples

"rack one's brains"

Used in print

(Harry Olesker, Impact....)

At the end of the half-hour , racking his brains , thinking over_and_over_again of Kitti , her friends , her past , he left the bedroom .

Related terms

try

4
[ noun ] an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims

Synonyms

wheel

Related terms

instrument_of_torture

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[ noun ] the destruction or collapse of something

Synonyms

wrack

Examples

"wrack and ruin"

Related terms

destruction bust_up

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[ noun ] a support for displaying various articles

Synonyms

stand

Examples

"the newspapers were arranged on a rack"

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[ verb ] seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block

Related terms

clutch seize

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[ verb ] work on a rack, of materials such as leather

Related terms

work stretch

9
[ verb ] draw off from the lees, as of wine

Related terms

draw

10
[ verb ] torment emotionally or mentally
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[ verb ] (nautical,transportation) run before a gale

Synonyms

scud

Related terms

sail navigation

12
[ verb ] fly in high wind

Related terms

fly

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[ verb ] torture on the rack

Related terms

torture

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[ noun ] (chemistry,food) rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton

Related terms

cut rack_of_lamb

15
[ verb ] go at a rack

Synonyms

single-foot

Examples

"the horses single-footed"

Related terms

pace

16
[ verb ] obtain by coercion or intimidation

Examples

"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"

17
[ verb ] work by a rack and pinion or worm so as to extend or contract

Examples

"rack a camera"

Related terms

work

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[ noun ] (sport,horse racing) a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately

Synonyms

single-foot

Related terms

gait

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