RACK

Definition of RACK

  1. (noun)rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton
  2. (noun)the destruction or collapse of something
  3. (noun)an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims
  4. (noun)a support for displaying ot holding various articles
  5. (noun)a form of torture in which pain is inflicted by stretching the body
  6. (noun)a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately
  7. (verb)go at a rack
  8. (verb)stretch to the limits
  9. (verb)put on a rack and pinion
  10. (verb)obtain by coercion or intimidation
  11. (verb)run before a gale
  12. (verb)fly in high wind
  13. (verb)draw off from the lees
  14. (verb)torment emotionally or mentally
  15. (verb)work on a rack
  16. (verb)seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block
  17. (verb)place in a rack
  18. (verb)torture on the rack