rack

Sense 1 noun

framework for holding objects

Sense 2 verb

go at a rack

the horses single-footed

Sense 3 noun

rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton

Sense 4 verb

stretch to the limits

rack one's brains

Sense 5 noun

the destruction or collapse of something

wrack and ruin

Sense 6 verb

put on a rack and pinion

rack a camera

Sense 7 noun

an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims

Sense 8 verb

obtain by coercion or intimidation

They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss

Sense 9 noun

a support for displaying various articles

the newspapers were arranged on a rack

Sense 10 verb

run before a gale

Sense 11 noun

a form of torture in which pain is inflicted by stretching the body

Sense 12 verb

fly in high wind

Sense 13 noun

a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately

Sense 14 verb

draw off from the lees

rack wine

Sense 15 verb

torment emotionally or mentally

Sense 16 verb

work on a rack

rack leather

Sense 17 verb

seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block

Sense 18 verb

torture on the rack