Rack
WordNet
noun
(1) A rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately
(2) A form of torture in which pain is inflicted by stretching the body
(3) A support for displaying various articles
"The newspapers were arranged on a rack"
(4) Framework for holding objects
(5) An instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims
(6) The destruction or collapse of something
"Wrack and ruin"
(7) Rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton
verb
(8) Torture on the rack
(9) Seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block
(10) Work on a rack
"Rack leather"
(11) Stretch to the limits
"Rack one's brains"
(12) Torment emotionally or mentally
(13) Draw off from the lees
"Rack wine"
(14) Fly in high wind
(15) Run before a gale
(16) Go at a rack
"The horses single-footed"
(17) 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"
(18) Put on a rack and pinion
"Rack a camera"
WiktionaryText
Noun
- a series of one or more shelves, stacked one above the other
- a frame on which to hang various items.
- a device used to torture victims by stretching them beyond their natural limits.
- a pair of antlers (as on deer, moose or elk).
- a cut of meat involving several adjacent ribs
- I bought a rack of lamb at the butcher's yesterday.
- a hollow triangle used for aligning the balls at the start of a game.
- a woman's breasts.
- She's so perfect, man. Her personality, her looks- speaking of which, you should see her rack. Not only are her tits amazing, but her mom's are, too!'.
- (rock-climbing, caving) a friction device for abseiling, consisting of 5 or more metal bars on a frame, around which the rope is threaded. Also rappel rack, abseil rack.
Verb
- To place in or hang on a rack
- To put the balls into the triangular rack and set them in place on the table.
- To strike a male in the groin with the knee.
Verb
- To clarify, and thereby deter further fermentation of, beer, wine or cider by draining or siphoning it from the dregs.
Verb
- To clarify, and thereby deter further fermentation of, beer, wine or cider by draining or siphoning it from the dregs.