Rack - English meaning
Rack – definitions in English dictionary
nounA framework, typically with rails, bars, hooks, or pegs, for holding or storing things.
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A spice racknounA cogged or toothed bar or rail engaging with a wheel or pinion, or using pegs to adjust the position of something.
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A steering racknounAn instrument of torture consisting of a frame on which the victim was stretched by turning rollers to which the wrists and ankles were tied.
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When we finally emerged from the cave after an eight-hour trip it was as if we had spent the last e…nounA triangular structure for positioning the balls in pool.
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Megan put her and alysha's balls in the racks.nounA woman's breasts.
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That chick's got a nice racknounA set of antlers.
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Moose have the most impressive racks of all the antlered animalsnounA bed.
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They ‘hot-bunk’ - sharing the use of a rack with a shipmate working an alternate watch.nounA horse's gait in which both hoofs on either side in turn are lifted almost simultaneously, and all four hoofs are off the ground together at certain moments.
nounA mass of high, thick, fast-moving clouds.
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There was a thin moon, a rack of cloud
verbCause extreme pain, anguish, or distress to.
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He was racked with guiltverbPlace in or on a rack.
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The shoes were racked neatly beneath the dressesverbMove by a rack and pinion.
verbRaise (rent) above a fair or normal amount.
verb(of a horse) move with a rack gait.
verbGo away.
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‘rack off mate, or you're going to cop it,’ he bellowed
nounA joint of meat, typically lamb, that includes the front ribs.
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My favourite dish on the menu was a densely seasoned rack of lamb
verbDraw off (wine, beer, etc.) from the sediment in the barrel.
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The wine is racked off into large oak casks
verb(of a cloud) be driven before the wind.
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A thin shred of cloud racking across the moon
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Word origin
Middle English (denoting a rush or collision): probably of Scandinavian origin; compare with Norwegian and Swedish dialect rak ‘wreckage’, from reka ‘to drive’.
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