English to English noun
1 |
framework for holding objects | | source: wordnet30
2 |
rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton | | source: wordnet30
3 |
the destruction or collapse of something | | Example: wrack and ruin
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4 |
an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims | | source: wordnet30
5 |
a support for displaying various articles | | Example: the newspapers were arranged on a rack
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6 |
a form of torture in which pain is inflicted by stretching the body | | source: wordnet30
7 |
a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately | | source: wordnet30
8 |
Same as Arrack. | | source: webster1913
9 |
The neck and spine of a fore quarter of veal or mutton. | | source: webster1913
10 |
A wreck; destruction. | | source: webster1913
11 |
Thin, flying, broken clouds, or any portion of floating vapor in the sky. | | source: webster1913
12 |
A fast amble. | | source: webster1913
13 |
An instrument or frame used for stretching, extending, retaining, or displaying, something. | | source: webster1913 verb
14 |
go at a rack | | Example: the horses single-footed
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15 |
stretch to the limits | | Example: rack one's brains
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16 |
put on a rack and pinion | | Example: rack a camera
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17 |
obtain by coercion or intimidation | | Example: 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
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18 |
run before a gale | | source: wordnet30
19 |
fly in high wind | | source: wordnet30
20 |
draw off from the lees | | Example: rack wine
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21 |
torment emotionally or mentally | | source: wordnet30
22 |
work on a rack | | Example: rack leather
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23 |
seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block | | source: wordnet30
24 |
torture on the rack | | source: wordnet30
25 |
To fly, as vapor or broken clouds. | | source: webster1913
26 |
To amble fast, causing a rocking or swaying motion of the body; to pace; -- said of a horse. | | source: webster1913
27 |
To draw off from the lees or sediment, as wine. | | source: webster1913
28 |
To extend by the application of force; to stretch or strain; specifically, to stretch on the rack or wheel; to torture by an engine which strains the limbs and pulls the joints. | | source: webster1913
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