ENGLISH: rack - CREOLE: etajè



Overview of noun rack



The noun rack has 7 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)



1. (5) rack -- (framework for holding objects)

2. rack -- (rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton)

3. wrack, rack -- (the destruction or collapse of something; "wrack and ruin")

4. rack, wheel -- (an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims)

5. rack, stand -- (a support for displaying various articles; "the newspapers were arranged on a rack")

6. rack -- (a form of torture in which pain is inflicted by stretching the body)

7. rack, single-foot -- (a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately)



Overview of verb rack



The verb rack has 11 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)



1. (2) single-foot, rack -- (go at a rack; "the horses single-footed")

2. (1) rack -- (stretch to the limits; "rack one's brains")

3. rack -- (put on a rack and pinion; "rack a camera")

4. extort, squeeze, rack, gouge, wring -- (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")

5. scud, rack -- (run before a gale)

6. rack -- (fly in high wind)

7. rack -- (draw off from the lees; "rack wine")

8. torment, torture, excruciate, rack -- (torment emotionally or mentally)

9. rack -- (work on a rack; "rack leather")

10. rack -- (seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block)

11. rack -- (torture on the rack)

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