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Rack   /ræk/   Listen
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.  Synonym: wrack.
4.
An instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims.  Synonym: wheel.
5.
A support for displaying various articles.  Synonym: 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.  Synonym: single-foot.
verb
(past & past part. racked; pres. part. racking)
1.
Go at a rack.  Synonym: single-foot.
2.
Stretch to the limits.
3.
Put on a rack and pinion.
4.
Obtain by coercion or intimidation.  Synonyms: extort, gouge, squeeze, wring.  "They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him"
5.
Run before a gale.  Synonym: scud.
6.
Fly in high wind.
7.
Draw off from the lees.
8.
Torment emotionally or mentally.  Synonyms: excruciate, torment, torture.
9.
Work on a rack.
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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"Rack" Quotes from Famous Books



... infallible means for bringing out the truth. Weak-hearted men, impatient at the first pain, will confess crimes they never committed, and criminate others at the same time. Bold and strong ones will bear the most severe torments. Those who have been on the rack before bear it with more courage, for they know how to adapt their limbs to it, and they resist powerfully. Others, by enchantments, seem to be insensible, and would rather die than confess. These wretches user for incantations, certain passages from the Psalms ...
— Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal • Sarah J Richardson
... clad in their red silk hose, from the daintiest of velvet slippers, the young doctor drew on his fine walking-shoes, turned down the gas a little, closed the office window, and taking his hat from the rack behind ...
— Honor Edgeworth • Vera
... inexpressibly dismal and neglected. Years ago it had, no doubt, been the residence of some well-to-do county family; but in these twentieth-century post-war days, having been empty for nearly ten years, it had gone sadly to rack ...
— The Doctor of Pimlico - Being the Disclosure of a Great Crime • William Le Queux
... table. Large fireplaces took the place of stoves for cooking. These were constructed four or five feet in width so that one or two pots or a side of meat could be suspended from a hook which was fastened on a rack in the ...
— Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States - Volume II. Arkansas Narratives. Part I • Work Projects Administration
... the open framework of the bottom, which was folded back and secured against the bulkhead, out of the way, thus leaving plenty of air space above me when I should be turned in. At the foot of the bunks there was a nice deep, double chest of drawers, surmounted by an ornamental rack-work arrangement containing a brace of water-bottles, with tumblers to match, together with vacant spaces for the reception of such matters as brushes and combs, razor-cases, and other odds and ends. Then there was a wash-stand, with ...
— The Castaways • Harry Collingwood


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