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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. (n) an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims
8. (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"
9. (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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