rack
Definition of rack:
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part of speech: noun
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part of speech: noun
A distaff.
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part of speech: verb
To stretch forcibly: to strain: to stretch on the rack or wheel: to torture: to exhaust.
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part of speech: verb
To strain; to stretch; to torture by stretching; to affect with extreme pain or anguish.
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part of speech: noun
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part of speech: noun
The drift of the sky; thin, flying, broken clouds- not to be confounded with reek, a mist or vapour.
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part of speech: noun
An instrument for racking or extending: an engine for stretching the body in order to extort a confession: a framework on which articles are arranged: the grating above a manger for hay: ( mech.) a straight bar with teeth to work with those of a wheel: ( fig.) extreme pain, anxiety, or doubt.
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part of speech: verb
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part of speech: noun
A receptacle for hay for feeding horses, & c., formed of a range of upright bars; a frame on which articles may be placed or spread out, as a plate- rack; the frame from which the yarn or thread is drawn in spinning; in mining, an inclined plane on which the ore is washed and separated from the slime or earth; a flat bar with teeth on one side to work into those of a pinion.
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part of speech: noun
An instrument for stretching; an engine of torture; extreme pain; anguish.
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part of speech: verb
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Common misspellings:
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- rach (50.0%)
- reck (10.0%)
- rak (40.0%)
Usage examples for rack:
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I was chosen captain on this occasion, and never did a general rack his brain more for a plan of success than I did to win this battle.
"Where Strongest Tide Winds Blew" – Robert McReynolds -
Brian goes to rack and puts on his coat.
"Three Plays" – Padraic Colum -
It was of no use to say anything, and he contented himself with a sigh as he went to the rack to put up his gun.
"The Girl at Cobhurst" – Frank Richard Stockton -
But he refused and said he would keep the one he had taken from the rack
"Here and Hereafter" – Barry Pain
