
Open English Wordnet
Nouns
(n)rackrib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton (n)wrack, rackthe destruction or collapse of something“wrack and ruin” (n)rack, wheelan instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims (n)rack, standa support for displaying or holding various articles“the newspapers were arranged on a rack” (n)racka form of torture in which pain is inflicted by stretching the body (n)rack, single-foota rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately Verbs
(v)rackstretch to the limits“rack one's brains” (v)rackput on a rack and pinion“rack a camera” (v)extort, squeeze, rack, gouge, wringobtain 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” (v)rackdraw off from the lees“rack wine” (v)rackwork on a rack“rack leather” (v)rackseize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block (v)racktorture on the rack