Definition of rac
1. rack [ n ] framework for holding objects
Used in print:(Walter H. Buchsbaum, "Advances in Medical Electronics"...)
In the lower center rack an 8 - channel recorder indicates the percentage of carbon_dioxide and nitrogen from the upper and lower lobes of one lung , the total volume of inhalation per breath , the flow of air from both lobes , and the pressure of the two lobes with_respect_to each_other .
(Breni James, Nights of the Kill....)
He walked up_to the lieutenant 's office , leaned wearily against the gun rack that housed four rifles and a gas_gun nobody remembered having used and a submachine_gun that was occasionally tried_out on the Academy_Range .
(Gene Caesar, Rifle for Rent....)
Haying_time was close at_hand , and they needed some strong branches to repair a hay rack .
(Ralph J. Salisbury, "On the Old Santa Fe Trail...)
Quickly but carefully lowering my duffel_bag over the low side rack , I stepped_on the running_board ; it flopped down , sprang back up and gouged my shin .
I seized the rack and made a western style flying mount just_in_time , one of my knees mercifully landing on my duffel_bag - and merely wrecking my camera , I was to discover later - my other knee landing on the slivery truck floor_boards and - but this is no medical_report .
Synonyms rack Related Terms framework towel_rack coatrack dish_rack bicycle_rack hayrack pipe_rack plate_rack tie_rack toastrack carrier barbecue2. rack [ v ] go at a rack, as of horses
Used in print:(Peter Field, Rattlesnake Ridge....)
Although they were forced to maintain a sharper watch , this activity enabled them to ride in and rack their broncs without any particular attention being paid them .
Synonyms rack single-foot Related Terms pace3. rack [ v ] stretch to the limits
Examples:
"rack one's brains"
(Harry Olesker, Impact....)
At the end of the half-hour , racking his brains , thinking over_and_over_again of Kitti , her friends , her past , he left the bedroom .
Synonyms rack Related Terms try4. rack [ n ] an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims
Synonyms wheel rack Related Terms instrument_of_torture5. rack [ n ] the destruction or collapse of something
Examples:
"wrack and ruin"
6. rack [ n ] a support for displaying various articles
Examples:
"the newspapers were arranged on a rack"
7. rack [ v ] seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block
Synonyms rack Related Terms clutch seize8. rack [ v ] work on a rack, of materials such as leather
Synonyms rack Related Terms work stretch9. rack [ v ] draw off from the lees, as of wine
Synonyms rack Related Terms draw10. rack [ v ] torment emotionally or mentally
Synonyms torture torment rack excruciate Related Terms pain agony anguish tormentor torturer tormenter11. rack [ v ] run before a gale
Synonyms rack scud Related Terms sail navigation12. rack [ v ] fly in high wind
Synonyms rack Related Terms fly13. rack [ v ] torture on the rack
Synonyms rack Related Terms torture14. rack [ n ] rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton
Synonyms rack Related Terms cut rack_of_lamb15. rack [ v ] go at a rack
Examples:
"the horses single-footed"
16. rack [ v ] obtain by coercion or intimidation
Examples:
"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"
17. rack [ v ] work by a rack and pinion or worm so as to extend or contract
Examples:
"rack a camera"
18. rack [ n ] a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately
Synonyms single-foot rack Related Terms gaitSimilar Spelling
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