1.framework for holding objects
2.rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton
3.the destruction or collapse of something;
wrack and ruin
4.an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims
5.a support for displaying various articles;
the newspapers were arranged on a rack
6.a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately
1.go at a rack;
the horses single-footed
2.stretch to the limits;
rack one's brains
3.put on a rack and pinion;
rack a camera
4.obtain by coercion or intimidation;
They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss
5.run before a gale
6.fly in high wind
7.draw off from the lees;
rack wine
8.torment emotionally or mentally
9.work on a rack;
rack leather
10. seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block
11. torture on the rack