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From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) : [ devils ]
RACK, n. An argumentative implement formerly much used in persuading devotees of a false faith to embrace the living truth. As a call to the unconverted the rack never had any particular efficacy, and is now held in light popular esteem.From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Rack \Rack\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Racked (r[a^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Racking.] [See Rack that which stretches, or Rock, v.] To amble fast, causing a rocking or swaying motion of the body; to pace; -- said of a horse. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Rack \Rack\, n. A fast amble. [1913 Webster]From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Rack \Rack\, v. t. [Cf. OF. vin raqu['e] wine squeezed from the dregs of the grapes.] To draw off from the lees or sediment, as wine. [1913 Webster] It is in common practice to draw wine or beer from the lees (which we call racking), whereby it will clarify much the sooner. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] Rack vintage, wine cleansed and drawn from the lees. --Cowell. [1913 Webster]From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Rack \Rack\ (r[a^]k), n. Same as Arrack. [1913 Webster]From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Rack \Rack\, n. [AS. hracca neck, hinder part of the head; cf. AS. hraca throat, G. rachen throat, E. retch.] The neck and spine of a fore quarter of veal or mutton. [1913 Webster]From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Rack \Rack\, n. [See Wreck.] A wreck; destruction. [Obs., except in a few phrases.] [1913 Webster] Rack and ruin, destruction; utter ruin. [Colloq.] To go to rack, to perish; to be destroyed. [Colloq.] ``All goes to rack.'' --Pepys. [1913 Webster]From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Rack \Rack\, n. [Prob. fr. Icel. rek drift, motion, and akin to reka to drive, and E. wrack, wreck. [root]282.] Thin, flying, broken clouds, or any portion of floating vapor in the sky. --Shak. [1913 Webster] The winds in the upper region, which move the clouds above, which we call the rack, . . . pass without noise. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] And the night rack came rolling up. --C. Kingsley. [1913 Webster]From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Rack \Rack\, v. i. To fly, as vapor or broken clouds. [1913 Webster]From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Rack \Rack\, n. [Probably fr. D. rek, rekbank, a rack, rekken to stretch; akin to G. reck, reckbank, a rack, recken to stretch, Dan. r[ae]kke, Sw. r["a]cka, Icel. rekja to spread out, Goth. refrakjan to stretch out; cf. L. porrigere, Gr. 'ore`gein. [root]115. Cf. Right, a., Ratch.] 1. An instrument or frame used for stretching, extending, retaining, or displaying, something. Specifically: (a) An engine of torture, consisting of a large frame, upon which the body was gradually stretched until, sometimes, the joints were dislocated; -- formerly used judicially for extorting confessions from criminals or suspected persons. [1913 Webster] During the troubles of the fifteenth century, a rack was introduced into the Tower, and was occasionally used under the plea of political necessity. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] (b) An instrument for bending a bow. (c) A grate on which bacon is laid. (d) A frame or device of various construction for holding, and preventing the waste of, hay, grain, etc., supplied to beasts. (e) A frame on which articles are deposited for keeping or arranged for display; as, a clothes rack; a bottle rack, etc. (f) (Naut.) A piece or frame of wood, having several sheaves, through which the running rigging passes; -- called also rack block. Also, a frame to hold shot. (g) (Mining) A frame or table on which ores are separated or washed. (h) A frame fitted to a wagon for carrying hay, straw, or grain on the stalk, or other bulky loads. (i) A distaff. [1913 Webster] 2. (Mech.) A bar with teeth on its face, or edge, to work with those of a wheel, pinion, or worm, which is to drive it or be driven by it. [1913 Webster] 3. That which is extorted; exaction. [Obs.] --Sir E. Sandys. [1913 Webster] Mangle rack. (Mach.) See under Mangle. n. Rack block. (Naut.) See def. 1 (f), above. Rack lashing, a lashing or binding where the rope is tightened, and held tight by the use of a small stick of wood twisted around. Rack rail (Railroads), a toothed rack, laid as a rail, to afford a hold for teeth on the driving wheel of a locomotive for climbing steep gradients, as in ascending a mountain. Rack saw, a saw having wide teeth. Rack stick, the stick used in a rack lashing. To be on the rack, to suffer torture, physical or mental. To live at rack and manger, to live on the best at another's expense. [Colloq.] To put to the rack, to subject to torture; to torment. [1913 Webster] A fit of the stone puts a king to the rack, and makes him as miserable as it does the meanest subject. --Sir W. Temple. [1913 Webster]From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Rack \Rack\ (r[a^]k), v. t. 1. To extend by the application of force; to stretch or strain; specifically, to stretch on the rack or wheel; to torture by an engine which strains the limbs and pulls the joints. [1913 Webster] He was racked and miserably tormented. --Foxe. [1913 Webster] 2. To torment; to torture; to affect with extreme pain or anguish. [1913 Webster] Vaunting aloud but racked with deep despair. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. To stretch or strain, in a figurative sense; hence, to harass, or oppress by extortion. [1913 Webster] The landlords there shamefully rack their tenants. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] They [landlords] rack their rents an ace too high. --Gascoigne. [1913 Webster] Grant that I may never rack a Scripture simile beyond the true intent thereof. --Fuller. [1913 Webster] Try what my credit can in Venice do; That shall be racked even to the uttermost. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. (Mining) To wash on a rack, as metals or ore. [1913 Webster] 5. (Naut.) To bind together, as two ropes, with cross turns of yarn, marline, etc. [1913 Webster] To rack one's brains or To rack one's brains out or To rack one's wits, to exert one's thinking processes to the utmost for the purpose of accomplishing something; as, I racked my brains out trying to find a way to solve the problem. [1913 Webster +PJC] Syn: To torture; torment; rend; tear. [1913 Webster]From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Rack \Rack\, v. i. To fly, as vapor or broken clouds.From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Rack \Rack\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Racked; p. pr. & vb. n. Racking.] [See Rack that which stretches, or Rock, v.] To amble fast, causing a rocking or swaying motion of the body; to pace; -- said of a horse. --Fuller.From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Rack \Rack\, v. t. [Cf. OF. vin raqu['e] squeezed from the dregs of the grapes.] To draw off from the lees or sediment, as wine. It is in common practice to draw wine or beer from the lees (which we call racking), whereby it will clarify much the sooner. --Bacon. Rack vintage, wine cleansed and drawn from the lees. --Cowell.From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Rack \Rack\, n. A fast amble.From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Rack \Rack\, n. Same as Arrack.From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Rack \Rack\, n. [Probably fr. D. rek, rekbank, a rack, rekken to stretch; akin to G. reck, reckbank, a rack, recken to stretch, Dan. r[ae]kke, Sw. r["a]cka, Icel. rekja to spread out, Goth. refrakjan to stretch out; cf. L. porrigere, Gr. ?. ? Cf. Right, a., Ratch.] 1. An instrument or frame used for stretching, extending, retaining, or displaying, something. Specifically: (a) An engine of torture, consisting of a large frame, upon which the body was gradually stretched until, sometimes, the joints were dislocated; -- formerly used judicially for extorting confessions from criminals or suspected persons. During the troubles of the fifteenth century, a rack was introduced into the Tower, and was occasionally used under the plea of political necessity. --Macaulay. (b) An instrument for bending a bow. (c) A grate on which bacon is laid. (d) A frame or device of various construction for holding, and preventing the waste of, hay, grain, etc., supplied to beasts. (e) A frame on which articles are deposited for keeping or arranged for display; as, a clothes rack; a bottle rack, etc. (f) (Naut.) A piece or frame of wood, having several sheaves, through which the running rigging passes; -- called also rack block. Also, a frame to hold shot. (g) (Mining) A frame or table on which ores are separated or washed. (h) A frame fitted to a wagon for carrying hay, straw, or grain on the stalk, or other bulky loads. (i) A distaff. 2. (Mech.) A bar with teeth on its face, or edge, to work with those of a wheel, pinion, or worm, which is to drive it or be driven by it. 3. That which is extorted; exaction. [Obs.] --Sir E. Sandys. Mangle rack. (Mach.) See under Mangle. n. Rack block. (Naut.) See def. 1 (f), above. Rack lashing, a lashing or binding where the rope is tightened, and held tight by the use of a small stick of wood twisted around. Rack rail (Railroads), a toothed rack, laid as a rail, to afford a hold for teeth on the driving wheel of locomotive for climbing steep gradients, as in ascending a mountain. Rack saw, a saw having wide teeth. Rack stick, the stick used in a rack lashing. To be on the rack, to suffer torture, physical or mental. To live at rack and manger, to live on the best at another's expense. [Colloq.] To put to the rack, to subject to torture; to torment. A fit of the stone puts a kingto the rack, and makes him as miserable as it does the meanest subject. --Sir W. Temple.From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Rack \Rack\, n. [AS. hracca neck, hinder part of the head; cf. AS. hraca throat, G. rachen throat, E. retch.] The neck and spine of a fore quarter of veal or mutton.From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Rack \Rack\, n. [See Wreck.] A wreck; destruction. [Obs., except in a few phrases.] Rack and ruin, destruction; utter ruin. [Colloq.] To go to rack, to perish; to be destroyed. [Colloq.] ``All goes to rack.'' --Pepys.From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Rack \Rack\, n. [Prob. fr. Icel. rek drift, motion, and akin to reka to drive, and E. wrack, wreck. ?.] Thin, flying, broken clouds, or any portion of floating vapor in the sky. --Shak. The winds in the upper region, which move the clouds above, which we call the rack, . . . pass without noise. --Bacon. And the night rack came rolling up. --C. Kingsley.From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Rack \Rack\, v. t. 1. To extend by the application of force; to stretch or strain; specifically, to stretch on the rack or wheel; to torture by an engine which strains the limbs and pulls the joints. He was racked and miserably tormented. --Pope. 2. To torment; to torture; to affect with extreme pain or anguish. Vaunting aloud but racked with deep despair. --Milton. 3. To stretch or strain, in a figurative sense; hence, to harass, or oppress by extortion. The landlords there shamefully rack their tenants. --Spenser. They [landlords] rack a Scripture simile beyond the true intent thereof. --Fuller. Try what my credit can in Venice do; That shall be racked even to the uttermost. --Shak. 4. (Mining) To wash on a rack, as metals or ore. 5. (Naut.) To bind together, as two ropes, with cross turns of yarn, marline, etc. To rack one's brains or wits, to exert them to the utmost for the purpose of accomplishing something. Syn: To torture; torment; rend; tear.From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
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; "wrack and ruin" [syn: wrack] 4: an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims [syn: wheel] 5: a support for displaying various articles; "the newspapers were arranged on a rack" [syn: stand] 6: a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately [syn: single-foot] v 1: go at a rack; "the horses single-footed" [syn: single-foot] 2: stretch to the limits; "rack one's brains" 3: put on a rack and pinion; "rack a camera" 4: 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" [syn: extort, squeeze, gouge, wring] 5: run before a gale [syn: scud] 6: fly in high wind 7: draw off from the lees; "rack wine" 8: torment emotionally or mentally [syn: torment, torture, excruciate] 9: work on a rack; "rack leather" 10: seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block 11: torture on the rackFrom English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
rack Romanian n. (l en rack) Spanish n. (l en rack)From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
Rack Luxembourgish n. dress, skirtFrom English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
RACK n. {initialism+of|en|(w:+risk-aware+consensual+kink)" rel="nofollow">(lb en BDSM) {initialism of|en|(w: risk-aware consensual kink)From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
rack n. 1 A series of one or more shelf, stacked one above the other 2 Any of various kinds of frame for holding luggage or other objects on a vehicle or vessel. 3 (senseid en torture) (lb en historical) A device, incorporating a ratchet, used to torture victims by stretching them beyond their natural limits. 4 (lb en nautical) A piece or frame of wood, having several sheaves, through which the running rigging passes. 5 (lb en nautical slang) A bunk. 6 (lb en nautical by extension slang uncountable) sleep. 7 A distaff. 8 (lb en mechanical engineering rail) A bar with tooth on its face or edge, to work with those of a gearwheel, pinion, or worm, which is to drive or be driven by it. 9 (lb en mechanical engineering) A bar with teeth on its face or edge, to work with a pawl as a ratchet allowing movement in one direction only, used for example in a handbrake or crossbow. 10 A cranequin, a mechanism including a rack, pinion and pawl, providing both mechanical advantage and a ratchet, used to bend and cock#Verb a crossbow. 11 A set of antlers (as on deer, moose or elk). 12 (senseid en meat) A cut of meat involving several adjacent ribs. 13 (senseid en billiards) (lb en billiards snooker) A hollow triangle used for aligning the balls at the start of a game. 14 (senseid en breasts) (lb en slang vulgar) A woman's breasts. 15 (lb en climbing caving) A friction device for abseiling, consisting of a frame with five or more metal bars, around which the rope is threaded. 16 (senseid en climbing) (lb en climbing slang) A climber's set of equipment for setting up protection and belays, consisting of runners, slings, carabiners, nuts, Friends, etc. 17 A grate on which bacon is laid. 18 (lb en algebra) A set with a distributive binary operation whose result is unique. 19 (lb en slang) A thousand, especially if proceeds of a crime. vb. 1 To place in or hang on a #Noun. 2 To torture (someone) on the #Noun. 3 To cause (someone) to suffer pain. 4 (lb en figurative) To stretch or strain; to harass, or oppress by extortion. 5 (lb en billiards snooker pool) To put the balls into the triangular #Noun and set them in place on the table. 6 (lb en slang transitive) To strike in the testicles. 7 (lb en firearms) To (manually) load (a round of ammunition) from the magazine or belt into firing position in an automatic or semiautomatic firearm. 8 (lb en firearms) To move the slide bar on a shotgun in order to chamber the next round. 9 (lb en mining) To wash (metals, ore, etc.) on a #Noun. 10 (lb en nautical) To bind together, as two ropes, with cross turns of yarn, marline, etc. 11 (senseid en structural engineering) (lb en structural engineering) To tend to shear a structure (that is, force it to bend, lean, or move in different directions at different points). n. Thin, flying, broken clouds, or any portion of floating vapour in the sky. vb. 1 To drive; move; go forward rapidly; stir. 2 To fly, as vapour or broken clouds. vb. (lb en brewing) To clarify, and thereby deter further fermentation of, beer, wine or cider by draining or siphoning it from the dregs. n. A fast amble. vb. (lb en of a horse) To amble fast, causing a rocking or swaying motion of the body; to pace. n. (lb en obsolete) A wreck; destruction. n. (lb en obsolete) A young rabbit, or its skin. n. (alt form en arak)From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
RACK n. {initialism+of|en|(w:+risk-aware+consensual+kink)" rel="nofollow">(lb en BDSM) {initialism of|en|(w: risk-aware consensual kink)From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
rack Romanian n. (l en rack) Spanish n. (l en rack)From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
Rack Luxembourgish n. dress, skirtFrom English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
RACK n. {initialism+of|en|(w:+risk-aware+consensual+kink)" rel="nofollow">(lb en BDSM) {initialism of|en|(w: risk-aware consensual kink)From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
rack Spanish n. (l en rack)From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
Rack Luxembourgish n. dress, skirtFrom English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
RACK n. {initialism+of|en|(w:+risk-aware+consensual+kink)" rel="nofollow">(lb en BDSM) {initialism of|en|(w: risk-aware consensual kink)From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
rack Englanti n. 1 hylly, teline, myös räkki 2 naulakko 3 piinapenkki (''kidutusväline'') 4 (''biljardi'') kolmio, pakantekoväline; pakka 5 (yhteys slangia k=en) rintavarustus, rinnatFrom Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
rack n. (tagg sport vardagligt) racketFrom Swedish Wiktionary: Swedish language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-sv-2023-07-27 ]
rack n. (tagg sport vardagligt) racketFrom English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]
rack /ɹˈak/ arakFrom English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Rack /ɹˈak/ الرفّFrom English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]
rack //ɹæk//From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]1. плешка cut of meat 2. закачалка frame for hanging objects 3. стелаж series of shelves 4. балкон woman's breasts
rack //ɹæk//From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]закачвам to place or hang on a rack
rack /ɹˈak/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]polička
rack /ɹˈak/ česleFrom English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
rack /ɹˈak/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]držák
rack /ɹˈak/ stojánekFrom English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
rack /ɹˈak/ poličkaFrom English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
rack /ɹˈak/ regálFrom English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
rack /ɹˈak/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]věšák
rack /ɹˈak/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]trpět
rack /ɹˈak/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]způsobovat utrpení
rack /ɹˈak/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]skřipec
rack /ɹˈak/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]stojan
rack /ɹˈak/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]kavalec
rack /ɹˈak/From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]police
rack /ɹˈak/ EinschubrahmenFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ][comp.] see: racks
rack /ɹˈak/ EinschubschrankFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ][electr.] see: racks
rack /ɹˈak/ HeuraufeFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ][agr.] see: racks
rack /ɹˈak/ RahmengestellFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ], Rahmen [telco.] Synonym: shelf see: racks, shelves
rack /ɹˈak/ RegalFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ], Gestell see: racks, high rack, shoe rack, wall rack, tool rack
rack /ɹˈak/ SteckeinheitFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ], Einschub [electr.] Synonyms: plug-in package, plug-in unit, module see: racks, modules
rack /ɹˈak/ StreckbankFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ], Folterbank [hist.] Note: Folterinstrument "put sb. on the rack" - jdn. auf die Folterbank / auf die Folter spannen "rack sb." - jdn. auf die Folterbank / auf die Folter spannen see: racks Note: torture instrument
rack /ɹˈak/ ZahnstangeFrom English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 : [ freedict:eng-ell ][techn.] Synonym: toothed rack see: toothed racks, racks
rack /ɹˈak/ ράφι, μέγγενη, βασανιστήριο, σχάραFrom English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]
rack //ɹæk//From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]1. naulakko frame for hanging objects 2. hylly, hyllykkö, räkki, teline series of shelves 3. piinapenkki torture device 4. rinnat, rintavarustus woman's breasts
rack //ɹæk//From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 : [ freedict:eng-fra ]laskea, räkätä brewing: to clarify by draining or siphoning from the dregs
rack /ræk/ arackFrom English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]
rack /ɹˈak/From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]1. रैक "She settled the books neatly on the rack. " "She reached up and put her briefcase in the rack." 2. पुराने~समय~मे~यातना~देने~का~यंत्र "Put the slave on the rack. " 3. दन्तुरदन्डक्{मशीन~दाँतों~सहित~रौड~जिसमे~पहिया~फँस~सके "A part of a machine consisting of a bar with teeth into which those of a" " wheel or gear fit."
rack /ɹˈak/From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]1. होना "Severe pain racked her body. " 2. भरसक~प्रयास~करना "I've been racking my brains trying to remember her name."
rack /ɹˈak/ iscrpljivati, jasle, korito, mučiti, naprezati, okvir, polica, stalak, valov, zupčanica, čivilukFrom English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
rack /ɹˈak/ 1. ruhafogas 2. etetôrács 3. pusztulás 4. gomolyfelhô 5. tartó 6. poggyászháló 7. -tartó 8. felhôfoszlány 9. fogas 10. tartókeret 11. poroszkálás 12. fogasléc 13. -állvány 14. priccs 15. keret 16. ágy 17. félporoszka 18. jászolrács 19. cumulus 20. fogasrúd 21. poggyásztartó 22. halmazfelhô 23. állvány 24. szénakas 25. fogazott rúd 26. saroglya 27. tizedes 28. rizspálinka 29. kínpad 30. -keret 31. romlásFrom English-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-nld ]
rack /ræk/ arak, rijstbrandewijnFrom English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-pol ]
rack /ræk/ I.From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-por ]1. półka na bagaże, półka 2. bagażnik dachowy, bagażnik 3. suszarka na naczynia, suszarka II. 1. [lit] udręczyć 2. rack one's brains (rack V: PROPOSS :brains) - łamać sobie głowę 3. go rack and ruin (go V: :rack :and :ruin) - popadać w ruinę
rack /ræk/ aracaFrom English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]
rack //ɹæk//From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]1. revbensspjäll cut of meat 2. klädhängare frame for hanging objects 3. sträckbänk torture device 4. hylla woman's breasts
rack /ɹˈak/ 1. uçan hafif bulut 2. fırtına izi 3. rüzgârın önünde uçmak (bulut)From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]
rack /ɹˈak/ 1. atın rahvan yürüyüşü 2. rahvan gitmek.From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]
rack /ɹˈak/ 1. ahırda ot yemliği 2. parmaklıklı raf (özellikle tren veya vapurda) 3. arabaya yerleştirilen ve kuru ot taşımaya mahsus kafes 4. bedeni germek suretiyle işkence yapılan alet veya tertibat 5. işkence sebebi 6. işkence, azap 7. dişli çubuk 8. germek 9. gerip işkence etmek 10. fazla yükseltmek (fiyat veya kira) 11. fiyat yükseltmek suretiyle sıkıntıya sokmak. rack and pinion dişli kol ve fener dişli. rack block (den.) içinden halat geçer delikleri olan tahta. rack one' brains çok düşünmek, kafa patlatmak. on the rack çok ıstıraplı.From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]
rack /ɹˈak/ 1. koyun ve dana etinin gerdan ve belkemiği (kıs.)mı.From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]
rack /ɹˈak/ 1. tortudan bira veya şarap çıkarmak.From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]
rack /ɹˈak/ 1. yıkım, harabiyet. rack and ruin yıkım, harabiyet. go to rack and ruin harabeye dönmek, mahvolmak.From Norwegian Nynorsk-Norwegian Bokmål FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 : [ freedict:nno-nob ]
rack rackFrom IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
From IPA:sv : [ IPA:sv ]/ˈɹæk/
From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) : [ bouvier ]/rakː/
RACK, punishments. An engine with which to torture a supposed criminal, in order to extort a confession of his supposed crime, and the names of his supposed accomplices. Unknown in the United States. 2. This instrument, known by the nickname of the Duke of Exeter's daughter, was in use in England. Barr. on the Stat. 866 12 S. & R. 227.From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]
357 Moby Thesaurus words for "rack": Chateaubriand, Hydromatic, Procrustean bed, adversity, afflict, affliction, agonize, agony, ail, amble, andante, anguish, archives, armory, arsenal, atrocious pain, attic, automatic transmission, bank, barge, basement, batter, bay, beat, bed of Procrustes, beleaguer, bin, bite, blade roast, bloody, bonded warehouse, bookcase, boot, bowl along, box, breast, brisket, bundle, bunker, burn, buttery, cargo dock, cellar, chafe, chest, chuck, chuck roast, claudication, claw, clawing, clod, closet, clump, cogwheel, cold cuts, confinement, conservatory, convulse, crate, crawl, creep, crib, cruciation, crucifixion, crucify, cupboard, cut, damage, dead march, depository, depot, differential, differential gear, dismember, dismemberment, distress, dock, dogtrot, drag, draw and quarter, drawer, droop, dump, estrapade, exchequer, excruciate, excruciation, fester, filet mignon, flank, flounce, foot, footpace, footslog, frame, framework, freewheel, fret, funeral march, gait, gall, galleys, gallop, gear, gear train, gearbox, gearing, gearshift, gearwheel, give pain, glory hole, gnaw, godown, grate, grill, grind, gripe, halt, harass, hard labor, harrow, haul, heave, hell, hell upon earth, high, hippety-hop, hitch, hobble, hold, holder, holocaust, hop, horror, hurt, hutch, impale, impalement, imprisonment, incarceration, inflame, inflict pain, intermediate, iron heel, irritate, jailing, jog, jog trot, jolt, jump, keelhaul, keelhauling, kill by inches, knuckle, lacerate, laceration, lancinate, lancination, leisurely gait, library, limp, lock step, locker, loin, low, lumber, lumber room, lumbering pace, lumberyard, lunge, lurch, macerate, magasin, magazine, martyr, martyrdom, martyrization, martyrize, mince, mincing steps, misery, neutral, nightmare, nip, oppress, overdrive, overexert, overexertion, overextend, overextension, overstrain, overstress, overtax, overtaxing, pace, paddle, pain, passion, peg, penal servitude, persecute, persecution, piaffe, piaffer, picket, picketing, pierce, pinch, plague, plate, plate piece, plod, pot roast, prance, press, prick, prolong the agony, pull, punish, purgatory, put to torture, railriding, rankle, rasp, repertory, repository, reservoir, reverse, rib roast, ribs, rick, rip, roast, rock pile, roll, rolled roast, round, rub, rump, rump roast, saddle, sashay, saunter, savage, scaffold, scaffolding, scarify, scarpines, scourge, screw, scuff, scuffle, scuttle, shake, shamble, shank, shelf, short ribs, shoulder, shoulder clod, shuffle, sidle, single-foot, sirloin, skip, slink, slither, slog, slouch, slow march, slow motion, slowness, stab, stack, stack room, stagger, stalk, stamp, stand, standard transmission, step, stick shift, sting, stock room, stomp, storage, store, storehouse, storeroom, straddle, straggle, strain, strain every nerve, straining, strappado, stress, stress and strain, stressfulness, stretch, stretcher, stride, stroll, strolling gait, structure, strut, stump, suffering, supply base, supply depot, support, swagger, sweat blood, swing, synchromesh, tank, tar and feather, tar-and-feathering, tax, taxing, tenderloin, tense, tension, the gantlet, thumbscrew, tittup, toddle, torment, torture, totter, traipse, transmission, tread, treasure house, treasure room, treasury, trestle, trip, trot, trudge, try, tug, tweak, twist, vat, vault, velocity, waddle, walk, wamble, warehouse, wheel, wiggle, wine cellar, wobble, wound, wrench, wringFrom Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
n. 架,行李架,拷问台; v. 折磨,使...痛苦,加以拷问;From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
n. 架,行李架,饲草架,搁物架,拷问台,痛苦,破坏,齿条,行云,小步跑