rack

What is the Definition of rack?

Noun:

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
4. an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims
5. a support for displaying various articles
6. a form of torture in which pain is inflicted by stretching the body
7. a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately

Verb:

1. go at a rack
2. stretch to the limits
3. put on a rack and pinion
4. obtain by coercion or intimidation
5. run before a gale
6. fly in high wind
7. draw off from the lees
8. torment emotionally or mentally
9. work on a rack
10. seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block
11. torture on the rack

Other meanings of rack (synonyms, cognates).