Etymology : Middle English rak, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Swedish dialect rak wreck; akin to Old English wrecan to drive; more at WREAK
Pronunciation : 'rak
Function : noun
Date : 14th century
1. shelf; frame or pole on which items are hung; trough for animal feed. torment, torture. to steal. rack\rack\, n. [prob. fr. icel. rek drift, motion, and akin to reka to drive, and e. wrack, wreck. ?282.] thin, flying, broken clouds, or any portion of floating vapor in the sky. the winds in the upper region, which move the clouds above, which we call the rack, pass without noise. and the night rack came rolling up. kingsley.rack \rack\, v. i. to fly, as vapor or broken clouds.rack \rack\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. racked (răkt); 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.rack \rack\, v. t. [cf. of. vin raqué wine 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.rack vintage, wine cleansed and drawn from the lees.rack \rack\, n. a fast amble.rack \rack\ (răk), n. same as arrack.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?kke, sw. r?cka, icel. rekja to spread out, goth. refrakjan to stretch out; cf. l. porrigere, gr. 'ore`gein. ?115. cf. right, a., ratch.].
2. 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. (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.
3. (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.
4. that which is extorted; exaction. [obs.] e. sandys.
5. Same as Arrack.
6. The neck and spine of a fore quarter of veal or mutton.
7. A wreck; destruction.
8. Thin, flying, broken clouds, or any portion of floating vapor in the sky.
9. To fly, as vapor or broken clouds.
10. To amble fast, causing a rocking or swaying motion of the body; to pace; said of a horse.
11. A fast amble.
12. To draw off from the lees or sediment, as wine.
13. An instrument or frame used for stretching, extending, retaining, or displaying, something.
14. 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.
15. An instrument for bending a bow.
16. A grate on which bacon is laid.
17. A frame or device of various construction for holding, and preventing the waste of, hay, grain, etc., supplied to beasts.
18. A frame on which articles are deposited for keeping or arranged for display; as, a clothes rack; a bottle rack, etc.
19. A piece or frame of wood, having several sheaves, through which the running rigging passes; called also rack block.
20. Also, a frame to hold shot.
21. A frame or table on which ores are separated or washed.
22. A frame fitted to a wagon for carrying hay, straw, or grain on the stalk, or other bulky loads.
23. A distaff.
24. 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.
25. That which is extorted; exaction.
26. 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.
27. To torment; to torture; to affect with extreme pain or anguish.
28. To stretch or strain, in a figurative sense; hence, to harass, or oppress by extortion.
29. To wash on a rack, as metals or ore.
30. To bind together, as two ropes, with cross turns of yarn, marline, etc. a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately a support for displaying various articles; "the newspapers were arranged on a rack" framework for holding objects an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton torture on the rack seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block work on a rack; "rack leather" stretch to the limits; "rack one's brains" draw off from the lees; "rack wine" fly in high wind put on a rack and pinion; "rack a camera".
31. The spelling wrack is also used, mainly for meanings.
32. and 3., and mainly in old-fashioned or American English.
33. A rack is a frame or shelf, usually with bars or hooks, that is used for holding things or for hanging things on. My rucksack was too big for the luggage rack see also:
roof rack, toast rack.
34. If someone is racked by something such as illness or anxiety, it causes them great suffering or pain. His already infirm body was racked by high fever a teenager racked with guilt and anxiety. see also:
racking.
35. If you rack your brains, you try very hard to think of something. She began to rack her brains to remember what had happened at the nursing home.
36. If you say that someone is on the rack, you mean that they are suffering either physically or mentally. Only a year ago, he was on the rack with a heroin addiction that began when he was.
37. 5. emphasis If you say that a place is going to rack and ruin, you are emphasizing that it is slowly becoming less attractive or less pleasant because no-one is bothering to look after it.
38. Off-the-rack clothes or goods are made in large numbers, rather than being made specially for a particular person. the same off-the-rack dress she's been wearing since the night before. To go or move in a rack. To be driven by the wind; scud: low clouds racking by. Variant of wrack. Variant of wrack. To drain (wine or cider) from the dregs.
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