Synonym: agonize, distress, framework, harass, hurt, pain, punish, shelf, strain, torment, torture. Similar words: track, crack, track down, trace, racial, racism, miracle, attract. Meaning: [ræk] 
n. 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 4. an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims 5. a support for displaying various articles 6. a form of torture in which pain is inflicted by stretching the body 7. a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately. v. 1. go at a rack 2. stretch to the limits 3. put on a rack and pinion 4. obtain by coercion or intimidation 5. run before a gale 6. fly in high wind 7. draw off from the lees 8. torment emotionally or mentally 9. work on a rack 10. seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block 11. torture on the rack.
n. 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 4. an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims 5. a support for displaying various articles 6. a form of torture in which pain is inflicted by stretching the body 7. a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately. v. 1. go at a rack 2. stretch to the limits 3. put on a rack and pinion 4. obtain by coercion or intimidation 5. run before a gale 6. fly in high wind 7. draw off from the lees 8. torment emotionally or mentally 9. work on a rack 10. seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block 11. torture on the rack. 
Random good picture Not show
1 The house went to rack and ruin.
2 Put these tools back in the rack.
3 John selected a card from the rack.
4 The old house soon went to rack and ruin.
5 Thousands of people were tortured on the rack.
6 Invert the cake onto a cooling rack.
7 We fixed the canoe onto the car's roof rack.
8 You need a wok with a steaming rack for this; if you don'thave one, improvise.
9 I looked through a rack of clothes at the back of the shop.
10 He replaced the CD in the rack.
11 She heaved her case down from the luggage rack.
12 They've let the house go to rack and ruin.
13 He lifted the suitcase down from the rack.
14 My rucksack was too big for the luggage rack.
15 Spread the flowers out to dry on a rack.
16 The cough seemed to rack his body.
17 The butcher prepared a rack of pork.
18 We're having rack of lamb for dinner.
19 He slotted the magazines neatly into the rack.
20 I've lashed your case to the roof rack.
21 I am on the rack during the entire examination.
22 Cool the cakes on a wire rack.
23 I took another bottle from the wine rack.
24 They let the house go to rack and ruin.
25 The whole farm was going to rack and ruin.
26 This country is going to rack and ruin; we need a change of government.
27 Remove the cakes from the oven and cool on a wire rack.
28 Lower rates mean that firms are more likely to rack up profits in the coming months.
29 Her suitcase was precariously balanced on the tiny luggage rack above her head.
30 Carefully lift the cake off the tray and cool on a wire rack.