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The Meaning of rack
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(n.) Same as Arrack.
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(n.) The neck and spine of a fore quarter of veal or mutton.
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(n.) A wreck; destruction.
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(n.) Thin, flying, broken clouds, or any portion of floating vapor in the sky.
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(v. i.) To fly, as vapor or broken clouds.
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(v.) To amble fast, causing a rocking or swaying motion of the body; to pace; -- said of a horse.
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(n.) A fast amble.
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(v. t.) To draw off from the lees or sediment, as wine.
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(a.) An instrument or frame used for stretching, extending, retaining, or displaying, something.
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(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.
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(a.) An instrument for bending a bow.
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(a.) A grate on which bacon is laid.
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(a.) A frame or device of various construction for holding, and preventing the waste of, hay, grain, etc., supplied to beasts.
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(a.) A frame on which articles are deposited for keeping or arranged for display; as, a clothes rack; a bottle rack, etc.
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(a.) 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.
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(a.) A frame or table on which ores are separated or washed.
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(a.) A frame fitted to a wagon for carrying hay, straw, or grain on the stalk, or other bulky loads.
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(a.) A distaff.
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(a.) 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.
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(a.) That which is extorted; exaction.
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(v. t.) 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.
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(v. t.) To torment; to torture; to affect with extreme pain or anguish.
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(v. t.) To stretch or strain, in a figurative sense; hence, to harass, or oppress by extortion.
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(v. t.) To wash on a rack, as metals or ore.
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(v. t.) To bind together, as two ropes, with cross turns of yarn, marline, etc.
Homophones
wrack
Rhymes
aback
,
ack
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adak
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akc
,
almanac
,
amnesiac
,
anorak
,
attack
,
back
,
backe
,
backpack
,
backtrack
,
bak
,
bakke
,
beaulac
,
biofeedback
,
black
,
blackjack
,
boback
,
brac
,
brack
,
brakke
,
braque
,
brumback
,
bushwhack
,
buyback
,
cac
,
cadillac
,
cardiac
,
chirac
,
clack
,
claque
,
cognac
,
comeback
,
counterattack
,
crack
,
crackerjack
,
cutback
,
dac
,
dack
,
dak
,
drawback
,
dulac
,
fac
,
fallback
,
feedback
,
flack
,
flak
,
flapjack
,
flashback
,
fullback
,
greenback
,
gunnysack
,
hack
,
hacke
,
hackensack
,
hackmatack
,
halfback
,
haq
,
hardback
,
hatchback
,
haystack
,
hibaaq
,
hijack
,
hoback
,
horseback
,
humpback
,
hunchback
,
insomniac
,
jac
,
jack
,
jacques
,
kickback
,
knack
,
knapsack
,
knick-knack
,
knickknack
,
kodak
,
kodiak
,
krack
,
kracke
,
kwak
,
lac
,
lack
,
lak
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leaseback
,
leatherback
,
lilac
,
lumberjack
,
mac
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mack
,
macke
,
maniac
,
megalomaniac
,
merrimack
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nacke
,
netback
,
nyack
,
nymphomaniac
,
outback
,
pac
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pack
,
pak
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paperback
,
paque
,
paranoiac
,
payback
,
piggyback
,
plack
,
placke
,
plaque
,
playback
,
pontiac
,
post-attack
,
prickleback
,
prozac
,
ptak
,
pullback
,
quack
,
quarterback
,
racetrack
,
ransack
,
razorback
,
repack
,
roback
,
rollback
,
ryback
,
sac
,
sack
,
sacque
,
sak
,
schack
,
schlack
,
schnack
,
schrack
,
setback
,
shack
,
shaq
,
sidetrack
,
skipjack
,
slack
,
slayback
,
smack
,
smokestack
,
snack
,
soundtrack
,
spack
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spak
,
stac
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stack
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strack
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stracke
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tac
,
tack
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tarmac
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thack
,
throwback
,
thwack
,
trac
,
track
,
trak
,
unpack
,
vanvlack
,
wack
,
wacke
,
whack
,
wingback
,
wisecrack
,
wrack
,
yack
,
yak
,
zach
,
zack
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zodiac