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rack
rackframework; spread out; torture: they put the prisoner on the rack
Not to be confused with:wrack – damage or destruction: wrack and ruinrack 1 R0007200 (răk)n.1. a. A framework or stand in or on which to hold, hang, or display various articles: a trophy rack; a rack for baseball bats in the dugout; a drying rack for laundry.b. Games A triangular frame for arranging billiard or pool balls at the start of a game.c. A receptacle for livestock feed.d. A frame for holding bombs in an aircraft.2. Slang a. A bunk or bed.b. Sleep: tried to get some rack.3. A toothed bar that meshes with a gearwheel, pinion, or other toothed machine part.4. a. A state of intense anguish.b. A cause of intense anguish.5. An instrument of torture on which the victim's body was stretched.6. A pair of antlers.7. Vulgar Slang A woman's breasts.tr.v. racked, rack·ing, racks 1. To place (billiard balls, for example) in a rack.2. also wrack To cause great physical or mental suffering to: Pain racked his entire body. See Synonyms at afflict.3. To torture by means of the rack.Phrasal Verbs: rack out Slang To go to sleep or get some sleep. rack up Informal To accumulate or score: rack up points.Idioms: off the rack Ready-made. Used of clothing. on the rack Under great stress. rack (one's) brains/brain To try hard to remember or think of something.
[Middle English rakke, probably from Middle Dutch rec, framework; see reg- in Indo-European roots.]
rack′er n.
rack 2 R0007200 (răk)n. A fast, flashy, four-beat gait of a horse in which each foot touches the ground separately and at equal intervals.intr.v. racked, rack·ing, racks To go or move at a rack.
[Origin unknown.]
rack 3 also wrack R0007200 (răk)n. A thin mass of wind-driven clouds.
[Middle English rak, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Swedish rak, wreckage.]
rack 4 R0007200 (răk)n. Variant of wrack1.
rack 5 R0007200 (răk)n. & v. Variant of wrack2.
rack 6 R0007200 (răk)tr.v. racked, rack·ing, racks To drain (wine or cider) from the dregs.
[Middle English rakken, from Old Provençal arracar, from raca, stems and husks of grapes.]
rack 7 R0007200 (răk)n.1. a. A wholesale rib cut of lamb or veal between the shoulder and the loin.b. A retail rib cut of lamb or veal, prepared for roasting or for rib chops.2. The neck and upper spine of mutton, pork, or veal.
[Probably from rack.]rack (ræk) n1. a framework for holding, carrying, or displaying a specific load or object: a plate rack; a hat rack; a hay rack; a luggage rack. 2. (Mechanical Engineering) a toothed bar designed to engage a pinion to form a mechanism that will interconvert rotary and rectilinear motions3. (Aeronautics) a framework fixed to an aircraft for carrying bombs, rockets, etc4. (Historical Terms) the rack an instrument of torture that stretched the body of the victim5. a cause or state of mental or bodily stress, suffering, etc; anguish; torment (esp in the phrase on the rack)6. slang chiefly US a woman's breasts7. (Billiards & Snooker) (in pool, snooker, etc)a. the triangular frame used to arrange the balls for the opening shotb. the balls so grouped. Brit equivalent: frame vb (tr) 8. (Historical Terms) to torture on the rack9. Also: wrack to cause great stress or suffering to: guilt racked his conscience. 10. Also: wrack to strain or shake (something) violently, as by great physical force: the storm racked the town. 11. to place or arrange in or on a rack: to rack bottles of wine. 12. (Mechanical Engineering) to move (parts of machinery or a mechanism) using a toothed rack13. to raise (rents) exorbitantly; rack-rent14. rack one's brains to strain in mental effort, esp to remember something or to find the solution to a problem[C14 rekke, probably from Middle Dutch rec framework; related to Old High German recchen to stretch, Old Norse rekja to spread out] ˈracker nUsage: See at wrack1
rack (ræk) ndestruction; wreck (obsolete except in the phrase go to rack and ruin)[C16: variant of wrack1]
rack (ræk) n (Horse Training, Riding & Manège) another word for single-foot, a gait of the horse[C16: perhaps based on rock2]
rack (ræk) n (Physical Geography) a group of broken clouds moving in the windvb (Physical Geography) (intr) (of clouds) to be blown along by the wind[Old English wrǣc what is driven; related to Gothic wraks persecutor, Swedish vrak wreckage]
rack (ræk) vb (tr) 1. (Brewing) to clear (wine, beer, etc) as by siphoning it off from the dregs2. (Brewing) to fill a container with (beer, wine, etc)[C15: from Old Provençal arraca, from raca dregs of grapes after pressing]
rack (ræk) n (Cookery) the neck or rib section of mutton, pork, or veal[Old English hrace; related to Old High German rahho, Danish harke, Swedish harkla to clear one's throat]rack1 (ræk)
n. 1. a framework of bars, pegs, etc., on which articles are arranged or deposited: a clothes rack. 2. a fixture containing tiered shelves, often affixed to a wall: a spice rack. 3. a framework set up on a vehicle to carry loads. 4. a. a triangular wooden frame in which balls are arranged before a game of pool. b. the balls so arranged. 5. Mach. a. a bar, with teeth on one of its sides, adapted to engage with the teeth of a pinion (rack and pinion) or the like, as for converting circular into rectilinear motion or vice versa. b. a bar having a series of notches engaging with a pawl or the like. 6. a former instrument of torture on which a victim was slowly stretched. 7. a cause or state of intense suffering of body or mind. 8. violent strain. 9. a pair of antlers. v.t. 10. to torture; distress acutely; torment. 11. to strain in mental effort: to rack one's brains. 12. to strain by physical force or violence. 13. to stretch the body of (a person) on a rack. 14. rack up, a. Pool. to put (the balls) in a rack. b. to gain, achieve, or score: The new store is racking up profits. [1250–1300; Middle English rakke, rekke (n.) < Middle Dutch rac, rec, recke] rack2 (ræk)
n. wreckage or destruction; wrack: to go to rack and ruin. [1590–1600; variant of wrack1] rack3 (ræk)
n. 1. the fast pace of a horse in which the legs move in lateral pairs but not simultaneously. v.i. 2. (of horses) to move in a rack. [1570–80; perhaps alter. of rock2] rack4 (ræk)
n. 1. a group of drifting clouds. v.i. 2. to drive or move, esp. before the wind. [1350–1400; Middle English rak] rack5 (ræk)
v.t. to draw off (wine, cider, etc.) from the lees. [1425–75; < Old French] rack6 (ræk)
n. 1. the neck portion of mutton, pork, or veal. 2. the rib section of a foresaddle of lamb, veal, etc. [1560–70; orig. uncertain] rack, pinion - Rack is the linear gear and pinion is the circular gear in a mechanism.See also related terms for mechanism.Rack a rush or shock.Examples: rack of clouds (thin-flying, broken clouds), 1626; of water (a sudden rush), 1513.rack
Past participle: racked
Gerund: racking
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| I rack | | you rack | | he/she/it racks | | we rack | | you rack | | they rack |
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| I racked | | you racked | | he/she/it racked | | we racked | | you racked | | they racked |
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| I am racking | | you are racking | | he/she/it is racking | | we are racking | | you are racking | | they are racking |
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| I have racked | | you have racked | | he/she/it has racked | | we have racked | | you have racked | | they have racked |
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| I was racking | | you were racking | | he/she/it was racking | | we were racking | | you were racking | | they were racking |
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| I had racked | | you had racked | | he/she/it had racked | | we had racked | | you had racked | | they had racked |
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| I will rack | | you will rack | | he/she/it will rack | | we will rack | | you will rack | | they will rack |
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| I will have racked | | you will have racked | | he/she/it will have racked | | we will have racked | | you will have racked | | they will have racked |
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| I will be racking | | you will be racking | | he/she/it will be racking | | we will be racking | | you will be racking | | they will be racking |
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| I have been racking | | you have been racking | | he/she/it has been racking | | we have been racking | | you have been racking | | they have been racking |
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| I will have been racking | | you will have been racking | | he/she/it will have been racking | | we will have been racking | | you will have been racking | | they will have been racking |
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| I had been racking | | you had been racking | | he/she/it had been racking | | we had been racking | | you had been racking | | they had been racking |
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| I would rack | | you would rack | | he/she/it would rack | | we would rack | | you would rack | | they would rack |
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| I would have racked | | you would have racked | | he/she/it would have racked | | we would have racked | | you would have racked | | they would have racked |
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  rack - framework for holding objects barbecue, barbeque - a rack to hold meat for cooking over hot charcoal usually out of doorsbicycle rack - a rack for parking bicyclescarrier - a rack attached to a vehicle; for carrying luggage or skis or the likecoat rack, coatrack, hatrack - a rack with hooks for temporarily holding coats and hatsdish rack - a rack for holding dishes as dishwater drains off of themframework - a structure supporting or containing somethinghayrack - a rack that holds hay for feeding livestockpipe rack - a rack for holding a smoker's pipesplate rack - a rack for holding plates to dry after they have been washedtie rack - a rack for storing tiestoastrack - a rack for holding slices of toasttowel horse, towel rack - a rack consisting of one or more bars on which towels can be hung | | 2. | rack - rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or muttoncut of meat, cut - a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcasscrown roast, rack of lamb - a roast of the rib section of lamb | | 3. | rack - the destruction or collapse of something; "wrack and ruin"wrackdemolition, wipeout, destruction - an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something | | 4. | rack - an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victimswheelinstrument of torture - an instrument of punishment designed and used to inflict torture on the condemned person | | 5. | rack - a support for displaying various articles; "the newspapers were arranged on a rack"standbier - a stand to support a corpse or a coffin prior to burialcruet-stand - a stand for cruets containing various condimentsdress rack - a rack used primarily to display dresses for sale in a storemagazine rack - a rack for displaying magazinesmusic rack, music stand - a light stand for holding sheets of printed musicspice rack - a rack for displaying containers filled with spicesspit - a skewer for holding meat over a firesupport - any device that bears the weight of another thing; "there was no place to attach supports for a shelf"tripod - a three-legged rack used for support | | 6. | rack - a form of torture in which pain is inflicted by stretching the bodytorturing, torture - the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason; "it required unnatural torturing to extract a confession" | | 7. | rack - a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separatelysingle-footgait - a horse's manner of moving | | Verb | 1. | rack - go at a rack; "the horses single-footed"single-footpace - go at a pace; "The horse paced" | | 2. | rack - stretch to the limits; "rack one's brains"strain, stress, try - test the limits of; "You are trying my patience!" | | 3. | rack - put on a rack and pinion; "rack a camera"put to work, work - cause to work; "he is working his servants hard" | | 4. | rack - 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"extort, gouge, wring, squeezefleece, gazump, overcharge, plume, rob, soak, surcharge, hook, pluck - rip off; ask an unreasonable pricebleed - get or extort (money or other possessions) from someone; "They bled me dry--I have nothing left!" | | 5. | rack - run before a galescudnavigation, pilotage, piloting - the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to placesail - travel on water propelled by wind; "I love sailing, especially on the open sea"; "the ship sails on" | | 6. | rack - fly in high windfly, wing - travel through the air; be airborne; "Man cannot fly" | | 7. | rack - draw off from the lees; "rack wine"draw, take out - take liquid out of a container or well; "She drew water from the barrel" | | 8. |  rack - torment emotionally or mentally excruciate, torment, tortureanguish, pain, hurt - cause emotional anguish or make miserable; "It pains me to see my children not being taught well in school" | | 9. | rack - work on a rack; "rack leather"work on, work, process - shape, form, or improve a material; "work stone into tools"; "process iron"; "work the metal" | | 10. | rack - seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the blockclutch, prehend, seize - take hold of; grab; "The sales clerk quickly seized the money on the counter"; "She clutched her purse"; "The mother seized her child by the arm"; "Birds of prey often seize small mammals" | | 11. | rack - torture on the rackexcruciate, torture, torment - subject to torture; "The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible" |
racknoun1. frame, support, stand, structure, holder, shelf, framework, trestle a luggage rackverb1. torture, distress, torment, harass, afflict, oppress, harrow, crucify, agonize, pain, excruciate a teenager racked with guilton the rack in difficulties, suffering, in trouble, having problems, in agony, in distress, racked with pain, going through torture on the rack with a heroin addictionrack something up sustain, experience, suffer, bear, endure, undergo, withstand, bear up under, feel The company continues to rack up huge losses.rack your brains think hard, try to remember (informal), scratch your head, give a lot of thought to something, put your mind to something, puzzle over something As I ate, I racked my brains in a search for his identity.Usage: The use of the spelling wrack rather than rack in sentences such as she was wracked by grief or the country was wracked by civil war is very common but is thought by many people to be incorrect.rackverb1. To bring great harm or suffering to:afflict, agonize, anguish, curse, excruciate, plague, scourge, smite, strike, torment, torture.2. To subject (another) to extreme physical cruelty, as in punishing:crucify, torment, torture.Idiom: put on the rack.Translationsrack1 (rӕk) noun a frame or shelf in or on which objects (eg letters, plates, luggage etc) are put until they are wanted or needed. Put these tools back in the rack; Put your bag in the luggage-rack. 開放式置物架 架, ，行李架
rack2 (rӕk) : rack one's brains to think desperately hard. 絞盡腦汁 绞尽脑汁
rack3 (rӕk) : go to rack and ruin to get into a state of neglect and decay. 變得荒廢 陷于毁灭
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rack verbSee rack outrack1. n. a bed. You don’t get to see the rack very much in the army. 2. Go to rack (out). 3. n. a pair of [female] breasts. (Usually objectionable.) Look at the rack on that dame! How can she stand upright? See:- at rack and manger
- crack-rack
- go to rack and ruin
- go to wrack and ruin
- meat rack
- off the rack
- off-the-rack
- on the rack
- rack
- rack (one's) brain(s)
- rack and ruin
- rack and ruin, go to
- rack and ruin, gone to
- rack brain
- rack brains
- rack duty
- rack face
- rack off
- rack one's brain
- rack one's brain, to
- rack out
- rack something up
- rack time
- rack up
- rack your brains
- racked
- racked up
- racked with (something)
- racked with guilt
- racked with insecurity/insecurities
- racked with pain
- sack rat
- wrack and ruin
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rack11. a toothed bar designed to engage a pinion to form a mechanism that will interconvert rotary and rectilinear motions 2. a framework fixed to an aircraft for carrying bombs, rockets, etc. 3. History an instrument of torture that stretched the body of the victim 4. US and Canadian in pool, snooker, etc.a. the triangular frame used to arrange the balls for the opening shot b. the balls so grouped
rack2 a group of broken clouds moving in the wind Rack (in Russian, dyba), an instrument of torture consisting of two posts rooted in the ground and connected by a third post on which the victim was hoisted [and whipped]. It was used in Europe and Russia from the 14th to the 18th centuries. Torture on the rack was stipulated in the Pskov Judicial Charter.
Rack a single-axle tractor trailer for the mechanized loading, transport, and unloading of stacks of hay and straw with a total weight up to 6 tons, as well as sections of ricks cut by a rick cutter. Racks may also be used to haul other agricultural loads. When the trailer is used to transport stacks, the side panels are folded down, the front panel is removed, and a framework of bars to hold the stacks is mounted in place of the panels. Horizontal extensions are used to increase the load area of the bed. The rear bars of the framework are lowered to the ground for loading and unloading. Stacks are loaded onto the bed and unloaded by means of a loading grid. Prior to being transported, the stacks are bound with rope. Racks are used with tractors in the 3-ton-force class. rack[rak] (aerospace engineering) A suspension device permanently fixed to an aircraft; it is designed for attaching, arming, and releasing one or more bombs; it may also be utilized to accommodate other items such as mines, rockets, torpedoes, fuel tanks, rescue equipment, sonobuoys, and flares. (civil engineering) A fixed screen composed of parallel bars placed in a waterway to catch debris. (design engineering) relay rack (engineering) A frame for holding or displaying articles. (mechanical engineering) A bar containing teeth on one face for meshing with a gear. (mining engineering) An inclined trough or table for washing or separating ore. rackA frame or cabinet into which hardware components are mounted. Equipment may be bolted into the rack (see rack mounted), or placed on shelves. Stereo and home theater racks are cabinets with shelves designed to accommodate VCRs, CD, DVD and cassette decks, receivers, amplifiers and set-top boxes, all of which are typically 17" wide. See deck.MedicalSeeframeRack
RACK, punishments. An engine with which to torture a supposed criminal, in order to extort a confession of his supposed crime, and the names of his supposed accomplices. Unknown in the United States.
2. This instrument, known by the nickname of the Duke of Exeter's daughter, was in use in England. Barr. on the Stat. 866 12 S. & R. 227. FinancialSeeDeckRACK
| Acronym | Definition |
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| RACK➣Receptor for Activated C-Kinase | | RACK➣Risk Aware, Consensual Kink | | RACK➣Ranger Assault Carrying Kit | | RACK➣Random Act of Conditionless Kindness |
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Synonyms for racknoun frameSynonyms- frame
- support
- stand
- structure
- holder
- shelf
- framework
- trestle
verb tortureSynonyms- torture
- distress
- torment
- harass
- afflict
- oppress
- harrow
- crucify
- agonize
- pain
- excruciate
phrase on the rackSynonyms- in difficulties
- suffering
- in trouble
- having problems
- in agony
- in distress
- racked with pain
- going through torture
phrase rack something upSynonyms- sustain
- experience
- suffer
- bear
- endure
- undergo
- withstand
- bear up under
- feel
phrase rack your brainsSynonyms- think hard
- try to remember
- scratch your head
- give a lot of thought to something
- put your mind to something
- puzzle over something
Synonyms for rackverb to bring great harm or suffering toSynonyms- afflict
- agonize
- anguish
- curse
- excruciate
- plague
- scourge
- smite
- strike
- torment
- torture
verb to subject (another) to extreme physical cruelty, as in punishingSynonymsSynonyms for racknoun framework for holding objectsRelated Words- barbecue
- barbeque
- bicycle rack
- carrier
- coat rack
- coatrack
- hatrack
- dish rack
- framework
- hayrack
- pipe rack
- plate rack
- tie rack
- toastrack
- towel horse
- towel rack
noun rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or muttonRelated Words- cut of meat
- cut
- crown roast
- rack of lamb
noun the destruction or collapse of somethingSynonymsRelated Words- demolition
- wipeout
- destruction
noun an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victimsSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun a support for displaying various articlesSynonymsRelated Words- bier
- cruet-stand
- dress rack
- magazine rack
- music rack
- music stand
- spice rack
- spit
- support
- tripod
noun a form of torture in which pain is inflicted by stretching the bodyRelated Wordsnoun a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separatelySynonymsRelated Wordsverb go at a rackSynonymsRelated Wordsverb stretch to the limitsRelated Wordsverb put on a rack and pinionRelated Wordsverb obtain by coercion or intimidationSynonymsRelated Words- fleece
- gazump
- overcharge
- plume
- rob
- soak
- surcharge
- hook
- pluck
- bleed
verb run before a galeSynonymsRelated Words- navigation
- pilotage
- piloting
- sail
verb fly in high windRelated Wordsverb draw off from the leesRelated Wordsverb torment emotionally or mentallySynonymsRelated Wordsverb work on a rackRelated Wordsverb seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the blockRelated Wordsverb torture on the rackRelated Words |