Definition of 'rack'

Noun

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"
      Synonyms: wrack
4. an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims
      Synonyms: wheel
5. a support for displaying various articles; "the newspapers were arranged on a rack"
      Synonyms: 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
      Synonyms: single-foot

Verb

1. go at a rack; "the horses single-footed"
      Synonyms: single-foot
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"
      Synonyms: extort squeeze gouge wring
5. run before a gale
      Synonyms: scud
6. fly in high wind
7. draw off from the lees; "rack wine"
8. torment emotionally or mentally
      Synonyms: torment torture excruciate
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

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