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