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Rack

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Definitions for Rack

noun
framework for holding objects
noun
rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton
noun
the destruction or collapse of something
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  1. wrack and ruin
noun
an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims
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noun
a support for displaying various articles
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  1. the newspapers were arranged on a rack
noun
a form of torture in which pain is inflicted by stretching the body
noun
a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately
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single-foot
verb
go at a rack
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single-foot
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  1. the horses single-footed
verb
stretch to the limits
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  1. rack one's brains
verb
put on a rack and pinion
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  1. rack a camera
verb
obtain by coercion or intimidation
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  1. They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss
  2. They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him
verb
run before a gale
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verb
fly in high wind
verb
draw off from the lees
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  1. rack wine
verb
torment emotionally or mentally
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verb
work on a rack
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  1. rack leather
verb
seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block
verb
torture on the rack

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