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rack1
noun
1 a framework with rails, shelves, hooks, etc for holding or storing things.
2 a framework for holding hay, etc from which livestock can feed.
3 a bar with teeth which connect with the teeth on a cogwheel or pinion to change the position of something, or to convert linear motion into rotary motion, or vice versa.
4 a (the rack) hist a device for torturing people by stretching their bodies;
b a device for stretching things.
5 something that causes extreme pain, anxiety or doubt.
verb (racked , racking )
1 to put something in a rack.
2 to move or adjust by rack and pinion.
3 hist to torture someone on a rack.
4 to stretch or move forcibly or excessively.
5 to cause pain or suffering to someone or something.
[14c: from Dutch rec shelf, framework]
racked or (and usually regarded as an error) wracked adjective (also in compounds ) tortured; tormented; distressed racked with guilt disease-racked .
on the rack
1 extremely anxious or distressed.
2 said of skill, etc: stretched to its limits.
rack one's brains to think as hard as one can, especially in order to remember something.
noun
1 a framework with rails, shelves, hooks, etc for holding or storing things.
2 a framework for holding hay, etc from which livestock can feed.
3 a bar with teeth which connect with the teeth on a cogwheel or pinion to change the position of something, or to convert linear motion into rotary motion, or vice versa.
4 a (the rack) hist a device for torturing people by stretching their bodies;
b a device for stretching things.
5 something that causes extreme pain, anxiety or doubt.
verb (racked , racking )
1 to put something in a rack.
2 to move or adjust by rack and pinion.
3 hist to torture someone on a rack.
4 to stretch or move forcibly or excessively.
5 to cause pain or suffering to someone or something.
[14c: from Dutch rec shelf, framework]
racked or (and usually regarded as an error) wracked adjective (also in compounds ) tortured; tormented; distressed racked with guilt disease-racked .
on the rack
1 extremely anxious or distressed.
2 said of skill, etc: stretched to its limits.
rack one's brains to think as hard as one can, especially in order to remember something.
rack2
noun destruction.
[16c: variant of wrack]
go to rack and ruin to get into a state of neglect and decay.
noun destruction.
[16c: variant of wrack]
go to rack and ruin to get into a state of neglect and decay.
rack3
verb (racked , racking ) (also rack something off) to draw off (wine or beer) from its sediment.
[15c: from Provençal raca dregs]
verb (racked , racking ) (also rack something off) to draw off (wine or beer) from its sediment.
[15c: from Provençal raca dregs]
rack5
noun a horse's gait in which the legs on either side in turn move nearly together.
verb (racked , racking ) intr to move with such a gait.
[16c]
noun a horse's gait in which the legs on either side in turn move nearly together.
verb (racked , racking ) intr to move with such a gait.
[16c]
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