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rack1 nounrack2 verb rackrack1 /ræk/ ●●○ noun [countable]   rack1Origin: 1-3,5-7 1300-1400 Middle Dutch rec ‘frame’4 Old English wræc ‘unhappiness, punishment’ - a bicycle rack
- a spice rack
- Let the cake cool on a rack for ten minutes.
- Make sure the pans are in the center of the rack to allow heat to circulate around them.
- Place the frozen truffles on a wire rack over a baking sheet.
- Swap for rack mounted sound module.
- There are racks and racks of romantic writers and readers online.
- There is a pool then a typical rack to Inverlaidnan Bridge.
- What I hear you saying is that I have lived my life as if I bought my clothes off the rack.
- When the fire is hot, lay the mushrooms on the rack.
► DAILY LIFEAC, accessory, nounadapter, nounaerosol, nounalarm, nounarm, nounash, nounattaché case, nounbag, nounbar, nounbarrel, nounbeep, verbbeeswax, nounbell, nounbelly, nounbelt, nounbench, nounbenzine, nounbinding, nounbiro, nounbolt, nounbooth, nounbox, nounbox, verbbrad, nounbriefcase, nounbristle, nounbrolly, nounbrush, nounbucket, nounbuckle, nounbuffer, nounbulb, nounBulldog clip, nounbulletin board, nounbullhorn, nounbung, nounbunting, nounbusiness card, nounbutt, nounbutton, nounbuzzer, nouncable, nouncalling card, nouncan, nouncandle, nouncane, nouncarbon, nouncarbon copy, nouncarbon paper, nouncard, nouncardboard, nouncardboard, adjectivecardboard cut-out, nouncard catalog, nouncarrier, nouncarrier bag, nouncarryall, nouncart, nouncarton, nouncartridge, nouncase, nouncaster, nouncatch, nounCellophane, nouncesspit, nounchain, nounchalice, nounchannel, nounchart, nounchute, nouncitronella, nounclamp, nouncleat, nounclip, nounclipboard, nouncomb, nouncombination lock, nouncompartment, nouncord, nouncrank, nouncrate, nouncrepe paper, nouncycle, noundetector, noundial, noundigital, adjectivedisposable, adjectivedrape, verbdrawing pin, noundryer, noundurable goods, nounDurex, nounearplug, nounelastic band, nouneraser, nouneyelet, nounfabric, nounfelt-tip pen, nounfemale, adjectivefence, nounfiberglass, nounfibreglass, nounfigurine, nounfilament, nounfile, verbFilofax, nounfire extinguisher, nounfirewood, nounfitness, nounflag, nounflagon, nounflagstaff, nounflashlight, nounflat, adjectivefloodlight, nounfoam, nounfoam, verbfog, verbfolder, nounfoolscap, nounforecourt, nounfountain, nounfountain pen, nounframe, nounfunnel, nounfuse, noungadget, noungadgetry, noungargle, verbgas, nounglue, noungoggles, noungold card, noungranny knot, noungravel, noungravelled, adjectivegravelly, adjectivegrease, noungreetings card, noungrommet, noungum, noungun, noungunnysack, noungut, nounhand-held, adjectivehandle, nounhandloom, nounharness, nounhasp, nounhealth, nounhessian, nounhinge, nounhip, nounhoarding, nounhoist, nounholder, nounhook, nounhoop, nounhooter, nounhose, nounhosepipe, nounhub, nounhygiene, nounhygienic, adjectiveillness, nounindented, adjectiveinflatable, adjectiveingrained, adjectiveink, nouninn, nouninnkeeper, nouninsoluble, adjectiveivory, nounjacket, nounjack-knife, nounjoss stick, nounjuggle, verbkey, nounkeypad, nounkey ring, nounKleenex, nounknife, nounknob, nounlabel, nounladder, nounlantern, nounlatch, nounlatchkey, nounlather, nounlather, verbLCD, nounlead, nounlectern, nounlegal pad, nounlens, nounletterbox, nounlever, nounlibrary, nounlid, nounlidded, adjectivelift, nounlight, nounlight bulb, nounlink, nounlinseed oil, nounlitter bin, nounlock, nounlodestone, nounlog, nounloop, verblost property, nounmagnet, nounmagnetic, adjectivemagnifying glass, nounmale, adjectivemantle, nounmanual, adjectivemarker, nounmarker pen, nounmarket day, nounmast, nounmastic, nounmatchstick, nounmaterial, nounmeter, nounmeths, nounmode, nounmortar, nounmortise lock, nounmould, nounmounting, nounmovement, nounnail, nounnameplate, nounnet, nounnib, nounnipple, nounnon-standard, adjectivenoose, nounnotebook, nounnotepad, nounnoticeboard, nounnozzle, nounnut, nounoil, verboilcan, nounoily, adjectiveorb, nounoutfit, nounoutlet, nounovernight, adverbpack, verbpackage, nounpad, nounpad, verbpadlock, nounpaintwork, nounpantyliner, nounpaper, nounpaperclip, nounpasserby, nounpaste, verbpasteboard, nounpatron, nounpatronage, nounpatronize, verbpattern, nounpaving, nounpearl, nounpen, nounpenknife, nounpicket fence, nounpillbox, nounpince-nez, nounpinhead, nounpipe, nounpix, nounpizza parlor, nounplug, nounpocket, nounpocketbook, nounpocket calculator, nounpocket knife, nounpointer, nounpoison, nounpole, nounportfolio, nounPost-it, nounpowder, nounpowdered, adjectivepropellant, nounpropelling pencil, nounpump-action, adjectivePX, nounquarter, verbrack, nounreceptionist, nounreel, nounrefill, nounreflector, nounrefrigerate, verbregimen, nounreservation, nounreserve, verbsachet, nounsack, nounscratchpad, nounscratch paper, nounscreen, nounsealant, nounsealer, nounsearchlight, nounseason ticket, nounseat, nounself-assembly, adjectiveseptic tank, nounservice, nounservice, verbsetting, nounshade, nounsharpener, nounshovel, nounshovel, verbshovelful, nounsilver paper, nounsiphon, nounslat, nounslice, verbslot machine, nounslug, nounsmoke, nounsoot, nounsort, nounspare part, nounspigot, nounsponge, nounspool, nounspout, nounspray, nounspray can, nounspray paint, nounspring, nounstaff, nounstake, nounstalk, nounstandard, nounstaple, nounstapler, nounstationery, nounsteam, nounsteam clean, verbsteel, nounsteel wool, nounstepladder, nounstick, verbstick, nounsticker, nounstilt, nounstopper, nounstorm lantern, nounstrap, nounstreamer, nounstring, nounstub, nounsucker, nounSuperglue, nounswipe, verbswitch, nounswivel, nountab, nountack, nountag, nountag, verbtank, nountap, nountape, nountassel, nountattle, verbtea break, nounthong, nounthread, nountime-saving, adjectivetinder, nountinderbox, nountissue, nountop, nountote bag, nountowel, verbtray, nountrolley, nountube, nountubing, nountwine, nountwo-way mirror, nounumbrella, nounvent, nounvial, nounwaiting room, nounwasher, nounwaste paper, nounwatch, nounwaterspout, nounwheeled, adjectivewhistle, verbwooden, adjectivewriting paper, noun ► a bike rack (=a metal frame that you can attach your bike to)· All stations should provide bike racks for passengers. ► rack your brains (=try very hard to think of something)· If we all rack our brains we should come up with some ideas. ► be consumed with/racked with/overwhelmed by guilt (=feel very guilty)· Later he was horrified that he had hit her, and was racked by guilt. ► a wire rack· Bake the biscuits for 10 minutes until golden. Cool on a wire rack. NOUN► coat· Heater too close to coat rack. 7.· The desk is a typical lawyer desk but in miniature, and the coat rack is knee-high. ► luggage· Even the luggage racks contained their quota of sailors, soldiers, or airmen.· Each day now Phagu went scouting in the jeep, Kamesh driving, he and I perched up on the luggage rack.· He loaded the bags on to the luggage rack of the Argyll.· I arrived at the station in good time and chained my travel-bag to the luggage rack. ► roof· Secondly, I want a good ¾ length roof rack for my vehicle but can only locate rather basic utilitarian models.· People climbed over the bonnet or sat on the roof rack.· Stacked on the floor around their legs was all the luggage that wouldn't fit on the roof rack.· A Hillman Imp, a roof rack, the beak of an upturned canoe overshooting its windscreen.· The roof rack was a test item and did not prove successful.· Harvey connected the roof rack to two batteries.· The lights fixed to the roof rack came on, but paper cones prevented them from being visible from the shore line. ► wire· Place the frozen truffles on a wire rack over a baking sheet.· Let cool for 10 minutes in the pan, then remove to a wire rack.· Run a blunt knife around the inside edge of the tin and turn out the cake on to a wire rack to cool.· Remove from baking sheet to a wire rack and let cool for 10 minutes.· Turn out on to wire rack. 3.· Remove from baking sheet and let cool completely on wire rack.· Leave the florentines on a wire rack to set.· Place ginger on a wire rack to dry for at least an hour. ► a rack of lamb/pork- The waiter lifted the salver to reveal a rack of lamb surrounded by courgettes and tiny new potatoes.
- Both of those editions were pulled off the racks by supermarket chains that had received complaints from customers.
- Each time I said I liked one, this guy pulls it off the rack.
- High ready-to-wear prices, but none the less gowns available off the rack.
- What I hear you saying is that I have lived my life as if I bought my clothes off the rack.
- He himself was beginning to ache as though stretched on the rack, with the worst still to come.
- His characteristic attitude is one of close scrutiny and interrogation; he puts his documents on the rack, as it were.
- I'd put the bike on the rack at the back and secured it with a bungy strap.
- It smelt of camphor as if the old clothes hanging on the racks had just been taken out of ancient chests.
- The pound, however, was still on the rack.
- There were only face towels left on the rack.
- When the Babbel incident blew up, Liverpool really were on the rack.
- When the fire is hot, lay the mushrooms on the rack.
- He's let his father's old house go to rack and ruin.
- It seems that the government is prepared to let all our hospitals and schools go to rack and ruin.
- The old farmhouse had gone to rack and ruin.
- First they let the house go to rack and ruin, then the garden; now they were sheltering hippies.
- Yet the truth of it was that the estates were going to rack and ruin.
1a frame or shelf that has bars or hooks on which you can put things:  a wine rack a magazine rack → luggage rack, roof-rack2the rack a piece of equipment that was used in the past to make people suffer severe pain by stretching their bodies: Thousands of people were tortured on the rack.3on the rack British English informal in a very difficult situation: The company is now well and truly on the rack.4go to rack and ruin if a building goes to rack and ruin, it gradually gets into a very bad condition because no one has looked after it: The house had been left to go to rack and ruin.5American English a three-sided frame used for arranging the balls at the start of a game of snooker or pool6a rack of lamb/pork a fairly large piece of meat from the side of an animal, that contains several rib bones7off the rack American English if you can buy something off the rack, you can buy it in a shop rather than having it specially made SYN off the peg British English: A lot of designer clothes are now available off the rack.rack1 nounrack2 verb rackrack2 verb VERB TABLErack |
| Present | I, you, we, they | rack | | he, she, it | racks | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | racked | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have racked | | he, she, it | has racked | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had racked | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will rack | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have racked |
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| Present | I | am racking | | he, she, it | is racking | | you, we, they | are racking | | Past | I, he, she, it | was racking | | you, we, they | were racking | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been racking | | he, she, it | has been racking | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been racking | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be racking | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been racking |
- Adobe racked up $ 46. 9 million in licensing revenues during its latest quarter.
- Everyone could feel the abnormal strains that were now racking the monied world.
- Her face was racked with pain and it was clear that she was very ill.
- If Liza had been racked by guilt, now, in a way, so was she.
- Other times he thrashed all night, thinking nothing, his body cramping, dry, racked, beside itself.
- Sharp pains racked his wasting body.
- Without it, she was racked by a feeling of utter desolation.
to try very hard to remember something► try to remember · You must try to remember what happened -- it's very important.· His name? Wait a minute. I'm trying to remember.try to remember who/what/how etc · I'm trying to remember how the theme tune goes. ► think to try to remember something by deliberately thinking about it a lot: think of: · You used to go out with the man from the bank, didn't you? I just can't think of his name.try to think: · "What did you do with the keys?" "Hang on, I'm just trying to think."think what/why/how etc: · I can't think where I put it.· Just let me think what the title was.think hard (=use this to emphasize that you try to remember something): · If she thought hard enough, she could just about remember what her mother looked like.think and think (=think for a long time): · He thought and thought but he couldn't remember. ► come back to if something comes back to you, you gradually start to remember it again after a lot of effort: · I can't think of the title at the moment, but it'll come back to me.· If you can remember all that, I'm sure the rest will come back to you. ► cast your mind back British to try to remember something that happened a long time in the past: · Lisa, if you cast your mind back, I think you'll recall that it was your idea.cast your mind back to: · Henry cast his mind back to the fateful evening.cast your mind back over: · He frowned, casting his mind back over the conversation they had held.cast your mind back forty years/three days etc: · Cast your mind back a few weeks to the Athletics Championship in Armagh. ► rack your brains to try extremely hard to remember something that you find very difficult to remember: · Desperately, Irvin racked his brains, but there was nothing he could tell them.· She racked her brains, trying to remember what David had said.rack your brains for: · They sat in silence, racking their brains for the name of the road. ► racked ... body Great sobs racked her body. ► a bike rack (=a metal frame that you can attach your bike to)· All stations should provide bike racks for passengers. ► rack your brains (=try very hard to think of something)· If we all rack our brains we should come up with some ideas. ► be consumed with/racked with/overwhelmed by guilt (=feel very guilty)· Later he was horrified that he had hit her, and was racked by guilt. ► a wire rack· Bake the biscuits for 10 minutes until golden. Cool on a wire rack. ADVERB► up· Salomon Brothers paid the ten-thousand-dollar bill racked up by the wife of its mailroom clerk with three months' tenure.· The Red Baron was through a month or two back, racking up his score.· He had a racked up a mostly forgettable record in two terms as a Republican backbencher in Reagan-era Washington.· After a rough start, he racked up a terrific year in 1996.· CyberCash has racked up a few big customers recently, however.· Even without the Pombo bill, industry groups have already racked up a string of victories.· A legal background can help you rack up bonus points in your job search. NOUN► brain· Which left Fabia racking her brains to think of how next best to get through to the woman.· She sat back in the seat as she racked her brain before coming to just one conclusion: Harry Martin.· There was a silence in the room as we all simultaneously racked our brains for a missing disease.· Rachel racked her brains, trying to remember what Jamie had said of him - ruthless, living only for his ambition.· I waved back, racking my brains to remember who she was. ► guilt· If Liza had been racked by guilt, now, in a way, so was she.· Among them was Carmen Azzopardi, who had been racked with guilt after turning down a request from Bernadette to mind Farrah.· I did some bad stuff to some people to prove myself, but I was racked with guilt. ► rack your brains- Desperately, Irvin racked his brains, but there was nothing he could tell them.
- She racked her brains, trying to remember what David had said.
- They sat in silence, racking their brains for the name of the road.
- I've racked my brains, but at my age there are precious few left to rack.
- I waved back, racking my brains to remember who she was.
- Rachel racked her brains, trying to remember what Jamie had said of him - ruthless, living only for his ambition.
- There was a silence in the room as we all simultaneously racked our brains for a missing disease.
- Which left Fabia racking her brains to think of how next best to get through to the woman.
1[transitive] to make someone suffer great mental or physical pain: Great sobs racked her body.be racked by/with something Her face was racked with pain. Liza was racked by guilt.GRAMMAR Rack is often passive in this meaning.2rack your brains to try very hard to remember or think of something: I racked my brains, trying to remember his name.rack something ↔ up phrasal verb informal to get a number or amount of something, especially a number of points in a competition: He racked up 41 points. |