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";
