Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun rack

7 senses of rack

Sense 1
rack -- (framework for holding objects)
       => framework -- (a structure supporting or containing something)

Sense 2
rack -- (rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton)
       => cut, cut of meat -- (a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass)

Sense 3
wrack, rack -- (the destruction or collapse of something; "wrack and ruin")
       => destruction, demolition, wipeout -- (an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something)

Sense 4
rack, wheel -- (an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims)
       => instrument of torture -- (an instrument of punishment designed and used to inflict torture on the condemned person)

Sense 5
rack, stand -- (a support for displaying various articles; "the newspapers were arranged on a rack")
       => support -- (any device that bears the weight of another thing; "there was no place to attach supports for a shelf")

Sense 6
rack -- (a form of torture in which pain is inflicted by stretching the body)
       => torture, torturing -- (the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason; "it required unnatural torturing to extract a confession")

Sense 7
rack, single-foot -- (a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately)
       => gait -- (a horse's manner of moving)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb rack

11 senses of rack

Sense 1
single-foot, rack -- (go at a rack; "the horses single-footed")
       => pace -- (go at a pace; "The horse paced")

Sense 2
rack -- (stretch to the limits; "rack one's brains")
       => try, strain, stress -- (test the limits of; "You are trying my patience!")

Sense 3
rack -- (put on a rack and pinion; "rack a camera")
       => work, put to work -- (cause to work; "he is working his servants hard")

Sense 4
extort, squeeze, rack, gouge, wring -- (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")
       => overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook -- (rip off; ask an unreasonable price)

Sense 5
scud, rack -- (run before a gale)
       => sail -- (travel on water propelled by wind; "I love sailing, especially on the open sea"; "the ship sails on")

Sense 6
rack -- (fly in high wind)
       => fly, wing -- (travel through the air; be airborne; "Man cannot fly")

Sense 7
rack -- (draw off from the lees; "rack wine")
       => draw, take out -- (take liquid out of a container or well; "She drew water from the barrel")

Sense 8
torment, torture, excruciate, rack -- (torment emotionally or mentally)
       => pain, anguish, hurt -- (cause emotional anguish or make miserable; "It pains me to see my children not being taught well in school")

Sense 9
rack -- (work on a rack; "rack leather")
       => work, work on, process -- (shape, form, or improve a material; "work stone into tools"; "process iron"; "work the metal")

Sense 10
rack -- (seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block)
       => seize, prehend, clutch -- (take hold of; grab; "The sales clerk quickly seized the money on the counter"; "She clutched her purse"; "The mother seized her child by the arm"; "Birds of prey often seize small mammals")

Sense 11
rack -- (torture on the rack)
       => torture, excruciate, torment -- (subject to torture; "The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible")