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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024rack1 /ræk/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a framework of bars, pegs, etc., on which things are arranged:a clothes rack; a ski rack.
- a fixture containing shelves, often attached to something:a spice rack.
- a former instrument of torture on which a victim was slowly stretched.
v. [~ + object] - to torture;
hurt badly;
torment;
cause great pain to:Crippling spasms of pain racked him every few minutes. - to strain or struggle in mental effort:He racked his brains trying to come up with an answer.
- Games rack up, [~ + up + object] to gain, achieve, or score:The new store is racking up profits.
rack2 /ræk/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- wreckage or destruction;
wrack:to go to rack and ruin.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024rack•ing /ˈrækɪŋ/USA pronunciation adj. [usually: before a noun]- causing great physical or mental pain or suffering:a racking headache.
rack•ing•ly, adv. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024rack1 (rak),USA pronunciation n. - a framework of bars, wires, or pegs on which articles are arranged or deposited:a clothes rack; a luggage rack.
- a fixture containing several tiered shelves, often affixed to a wall:a book rack; a spice rack.
- a spreading framework set on a wagon for carrying hay, straw, or the like, in large loads.
- Games[Pool.]
- a wooden frame of triangular shape within which the balls are arranged before play.
- the balls so arranged:He took aim at the rack.
- [Mach.]
- Mechanical Engineeringa 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.
- Mechanical Engineeringa bar having a series of notches engaging with a pawl or the like.
- a former instrument of torture consisting of a framework on which a victim was tied, often spread-eagled, by the wrists and ankles, to be slowly stretched by spreading the parts of the framework.
- a cause or state of intense suffering of body or mind.
- torment;
anguish. - violent strain.
- Zoologya pair of antlers.
- [Slang.]a bed, cot, or bunk:I spent all afternoon in the rack.
v.t. - to torture;
distress acutely;
torment:His body was racked with pain. - to strain in mental effort:to rack one's brains.
- to strain by physical force or violence.
- to strain beyond what is normal or usual.
- to stretch the body of (a person) in torture by means of a rack.
- Nautical, Naval Termsto seize (two ropes) together side by side.
- rack out, [Slang.]to go to bed;
go to sleep:I racked out all afternoon. - Games rack up:
- [Pool.]to put (the balls) in a rack.
- [Informal.]to tally, accumulate, or amass as an achievement or score:The corporation racked up the greatest profits in its history.
- Middle Dutch rac, rec, recke; compare Middle Low German reck, German Reck
- Middle English rakke, rekke (noun, nominal) 1250–1300
- 7.See corresponding entry in Unabridged torture, pain, agony, tribulation, ordeal.
- 12.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See torment.
rack2 (rak),USA pronunciation n. - ruin or destruction;
wrack. - go to rack and ruin, to decay, decline, or become destroyed:His property went to rack and ruin in his absence.
v. - rack up, [Slang.]to wreck, esp. a vehicle.
- variant of wrack1 1590–1600
- the fast pace of a horse in which the legs move in lateral pairs but not simultaneously.
v.i. - (of horses) to move in a rack.
- perh. variant of rock2 1570–80
- MeteorologyAlso called cloud rack. a group of drifting clouds.
v.i. - to drive or move, esp. before the wind.
Also, wrack. - 1350–1400; Middle English rak, reck(e); origin, originally uncertain
- Wineto draw off (wine, cider, etc.) from the lees.
- Old French; compare obsolete French raqué (of wine) pressed from the dregs of grapes
- late Middle English 1425–75
- Foodthe neck portion of mutton, pork, or veal.
- Foodthe rib section of a foresaddle of lamb, mutton, or sometimes veal.
- origin, originally uncertain 1560–70
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024rack•ing (rak′ing),USA pronunciation n. [Masonry.]- Buildingthe stepping back of the ends of courses successively from bottom to top in an unfinished wall to facilitate resumption of work or bonding with an intersecting wall.
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