Definition of Rack

Noun: rack rak

Framework for holding objects
Rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton
The destruction or collapse of something
"rack and ruin";
- wrack
An instrument of torture that stretches, disjoints or mutilates victims
- wheel
A support for displaying various articles
"the newspapers were arranged on a rack";
- stand
A form of torture in which pain is inflicted by stretching the body
A rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately
- single-foot

Verb: rack rak

Go at a rack
"the horses racked";
- single-foot
Stretch to the limits
"rack one's brains"
Put on a rack and pinion
"rack a camera"
Obtain by coercion or intimidation
"They racked money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss";
- extort, squeeze, gouge, wring
Run before a gale
- scud
Fly in high wind
Draw off from the lees
"rack wine"
Torment emotionally or mentally
- torment, torture, excruciate
Work on a rack
"rack leather"
Seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block
Torture on the rack