rack
n 1: framework for holding objects
2: rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially
lamb or mutton
3: the destruction or collapse of something; "wrack and ruin"
[syn: {wrack}]
4: stretches, disjoints or mutilates victims [syn: {wheel}]
5: a support for displaying various articles; "the newspapers
were arranged on a rack" [syn: {stand}]
6: a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the
ground separately [syn: {single-foot}]
v 1: go at a rack, as of horses [syn: {single-foot}]
2: rack one's brains
3: work by a rack and pinion or worm so as to extend or
contract; "rack a camera"
4: obtain by coercion or intimidation; "They extorted money
from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to
the company boss" [syn: {extort}, {gouge}, {wring}]
5: go at a rack, of horses
6: run before a gale [syn: {scud}]
7: fly in high wind
8: draw off from the lees, as of wine
9: torment emotionally or mentally [syn: {torment}, {torture},
{excruciate}]
10: work on a rack, of materials such as leather
11: seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to
prevent running through the block
12: torture on the rack