Dictionary definition · rack
noun
- rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton
- the destruction or collapse of something"wrack and ruin"
- an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims
- a support for displaying or holding various articles"the newspapers were arranged on a rack"
- a form of torture in which pain is inflicted by stretching the body
- a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately
verb
- go at a rack"the horses single-footed"
- stretch to the limits"rack one's brains"
- put on a rack and pinion"rack a camera"
- obtain by coercion or intimidation"They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss"
- run before a gale
- fly in high wind
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).