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nounan instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims
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verbtorment emotionally or mentally
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"the newspapers were arranged on a rack"nouna support for displaying various articles
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verbgo at a rack
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nouna rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately
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"wrack and ruin"nounthe destruction or collapse of something
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verbobtain by coercion or intimidation
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verbrun before a gale
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nouna form of torture in which pain is inflicted by stretching the body
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"rack wine"verbdraw off from the lees
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verbfly in high wind
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nounframework for holding objects
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"rack a camera"verbput on a rack and piniontype of:
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nounrib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or muttontype of:
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verbseize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block
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"rack one's brains"verbstretch to the limits
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"rack leather"verbwork on a rack
Definition that contains rack
- kill hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games
- check make cracks or chinks in
- check become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
- break crack; of the male voice in puberty
- break become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
- break (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
- bed a foundation of earth or rock supporting a road or railroad track
- shot (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand
- line the road consisting of railroad track and roadbed
- running the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track