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1. rack -- (framework for holding objects).
2. rack -- (rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton).
3. wrack, rack -- (the destruction or collapse of something; "wrack and ruin").
4. rack, wheel -- (an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims).
5. rack, stand -- (a support for displaying various articles; "the newspapers were arranged on a rack").
6. rack, single-foot -- (a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately).

1. single-foot, rack -- (go at a rack; "the horses single-footed").
2. rack -- (stretch to the limits; "rack one's brains").
3. rack -- (put on a rack and pinion; "rack a camera").
4. extort, squeeze, rack, gouge, wring -- (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").
5. scud, rack -- (run before a gale).
6. rack -- (fly in high wind).
7. rack -- (draw off from the lees; "rack wine").
8. torment, torture, excruciate, rack -- (torment emotionally or mentally).
9. rack -- (work on a rack; "rack leather").
10. rack -- (seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block).
11. rack -- (torture on the rack).

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