rack in WordNet English dictionary

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

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