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rack English

Meaning rack meaning

What does rack mean?
Definitions in simple English

rack Noun

— A rack is a frame you can hang things on. — A rack is a set of antlers. — A rack is a cut of meat that has several connecting ribs. I bought a rack of lamb at the butcher's yesterday. — A woman's breasts. Check out the rack on that woman.

rack

— noun framework for holding objects — verb (= single-foot) go at a rack the horses single-footed — verb stretch to the limits rack one's brains — verb draw off from the lees rack wine — verb fly in high wind — verb work on a rack rack leather — verb put on a rack and pinion rack a camera — verb seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block — noun an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims — noun a support for displaying various articles the newspapers were arranged on a rack — noun rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton — noun a form of torture in which pain is inflicted by stretching the body — noun a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately — verb torture on the rack — noun (= wrack) the destruction or collapse of something wrack and ruin — verb (= scud) run before a gale — verb (= extort, squeeze) 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 — verb (= torment) torment emotionally or mentally

Synonyms rack synonyms

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rack English » English

shelf stand torture torment strain wind up tighten tense stress strech single-foot manger excruciate stall squeeze shelves frame wrack scud peg grate destruction carrier bandage wring wheel stow squash shut up shelving ruin ravage rack of lamb put away plague pinch oppress lock up harry grill gridiron gouge framework fall extort enclose disaster devastation crib confine

Topics rack topics

What do people use rack to talk about?
Social behavior Law

Punish
Daily life Food Food preparation

Cooking utensil
Work and occupation Agriculture Growing crops Growing grass

Growing tobacco
Daily life Food Food preparation

Food storage
Daily life Cleaning

Wash dishes

Conjugation rack conjugation

How do you conjugate rack?

rack · verb

Examples rack examples

How do I use rack in a sentence?

Simple sentences

That car has a roof rack.
If you leave them lying on the desk they may roll off, so stand them in the test-tube rack.
The laundry rack is always in the way!
She has a nice rack.
Even if you rack your brains over it, you won't solve it.
The hat's hanging on the rack.
In the luggage rack there are five suitcases.
Our luggage rack is too small.
Hang your coat and hat up on the rack over there.
Son, don't rack your brains over this problem, we'll solve it on our own.
Put our bags up on the rack.
After being abandoned for years, the old house went to rack and ruin.

Movie subtitles

Balding, off the rack suits, juggling.
How does it feel to hang on your own embalming rack, Hjalmar?
On the rack in the back.
Rack your brains, please.
She's sitting behind a clothes rack.
I have another one on the rack.
There's nothing like a stretch on the rack to raise a thirst.
Put him on the rack!
On the rack!
Where was it signed, Lord Denby, on that rack?
Let me put those on the rack.
Moving to our right, we have a model of the famous rack. the instrument of torture upon which prisoners were stretched. their limbs being frequently torn from their sockets. in an effort to extract a confession from them, true or false.
I hope that that portable rack isn't too uncomfortable for you.
Mr Peabody, would you get that magazine rack in and hurry up about it?
Prepare the rack.
Take him to work on the docks. and don't you attempt to escape till every farthing's paid. or I'll stretch your hide on the rack!
They had honest governors so long the whole place is in rack and ruin.
I can't see her face. She's sitting behind a clothes rack.
It's got no bomb rack, no bomb release, nothing.
Look, the only help I ever got from up there came out of a bomb rack. All right.
That man-That swine put my mother on the rack. tortured her until she prayed for death.
Where is the coat rack?
Poor little rack of bones.
And four hours on the hideous rack.
That little priest is church material. Once you get him robed, he must look like a coat rack wearing a cape.
Here, don't put that on the rack.
That cottage bay seemed to be going to rack and ruin.
I can't divulge anything personal, but see that chesterfield on the rack?
That horse with a hat rack.
Keep him on the rack longer.
Can I put those up on the rack for you, Father?
Let me put those on the rack for you.
You don't drive a truck or a cab, you don't push a baggage rack. You don't work no place! You're dead!
Go to your rack, there's the race tomorrow, and don't talk anymore.
That's a towel rack.
Her key is on the rack.

News and current affairs

Over the past six years, the value of the trade-weighted dollar has fallen by more than a quarter, as the US has continued to rack up historically unprecedented trade deficits.
Greater financial regulation in the US means consumers will not be able to borrow so easily to rack up huge mortgage and credit card debt.

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