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Noun rack has 6 senses
- rack - framework for holding objects
--1 is a kind of framework, frame, framing
--1 has particulars:
- rack - rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton
--2 is a kind of cut, cut of meat
--2 has particulars: rack of lamb, crown roast
- wrack, rack - the destruction or collapse of something; "wrack and ruin"
--3 is a kind of destruction, demolition, wipeout
- rack, wheel - an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims
--4 is a kind of instrument of torture
- rack, stand - a support for displaying various articles; "the newspapers were arranged on a rack"
--5 is a kind of support
--5 has parts: spit
--5 has particulars:
- rack, single-foot - a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately
--6 is a kind of gait
Verb rack has 11 senses
- single-foot, rack - go at a rack; "the horses single-footed"
--1 is one way to pace
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
- rack - stretch to the limits; "rack one's brains"
--2 is one way to try, strain, stress
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- rack - put on a rack and pinion; "rack a camera"
--3 is one way to work, put to work
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- 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"
--4 is one way to overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something from somebody
- scud, rack - run before a gale
--5 is one way to sail
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
- rack - fly in high wind
--6 is one way to fly, wing
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
- rack - draw off from the lees; "rack wine"
--7 is one way to draw, take out
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- torment, torture, excruciate, rack - torment emotionally or mentally
--8 is one way to pain, anguish, hurt
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
- rack - work on a rack; "rack leather"
--9 is one way to work, work on, process
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- rack - seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block
--10 is one way to seize, prehend, clutch
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- rack - torture on the rack
--11 is one way to torture, excruciate, torment
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
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