• a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately
• a support for displaying various articles; "the newspapers were arranged on a Rack"
• framework for holding objects
• an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims
• the destruction or collapse of something; "wRack and ruin"
• rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton
• torture on the Rack
• seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block
• work on a Rack; "Rack leather"
• stretch to the limits; "Rack one''s brains"
• torment emotionally or mentally
• draw off from the lees; "Rack wine"
• fly in high wind
• run before a gale
• go at a Rack; "the horses single-footed"
• obtain by coercion or intimidation; "They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss"; "They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him"
• put on a Rack and pinion; "Rack a camera"

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