Dictionary definition for: Rack
1. (n) framework for holding objects
2. (v) go at a rack; "the horses single-footed"
3. (n) rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton
4. (v) stretch to the limits; "rack one''s brains"
5. (v) put on a rack and pinion; "rack a camera"
6. (n) the destruction or collapse of something; "wrack and ruin"
7. (v) 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"
8. (n) an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims
10. (n) a support for displaying various articles; "the newspapers were arranged on a rack"
12. (n) a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately
13. (v) draw off from the lees; "rack wine"
14. (v) torment emotionally or mentally
15. (v) work on a rack; "rack leather"
16. (v) seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block
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