| Sounds | rae'k | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | aback ... zodiac: 126 rhymes with aek... | |
| Meaning | framework for holding objects. | |
|---|---|---|
| Narrower | barbecue, barbeque | A rack to hold meat for cooking over hot charcoal usually out of doors |
| bicycle rack | A rack for parking bicycles | |
| carrier | A rack attached to a vehicle | |
| coatrack, coat rack, hatrack | A rack with hooks for temporarily holding coats and hats | |
| dish rack | A rack for holding dishes as dishwater drains off of them | |
| hayrack | A rack that holds hay for feeding livestock | |
| pipe rack | A rack for holding a smoker's pipes | |
| plate rack | A rack for holding plates to dry after they have been washed | |
| tie rack | A rack for storing ties | |
| toastrack | A rack for holding slices of toast | |
| towel rack, towel horse | A rack consisting of one or more bars on which towels can be hung | |
| Broader | framework, frame | A structure supporting or containing something |
| Verbs | rack | work on a rack / rack |
| rack | put on a rack and pinion | |
| Meaning | rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton. | |
|---|---|---|
| Narrower | rack of lamb, crown roast | A roast of the rib section of lamb |
| Broader | cut, cut of meat | A piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass |
| Meaning | The destruction or collapse of something. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "wrack and ruin" | |
| Synonym | wrack | |
| Broader | destruction, demolition, wipeout | An event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something |
| Spanish | desolación, destrucción, ruina, tormento | |
| Meaning | An instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | wheel | |
| Broader | instrument of torture | An instrument of punishment designed and used to inflict torture on the condemned person |
| Spanish | potro, rueda de tortura, rueda | |
| Catalan | roda | |
| Verbs | rack | torture on the rack |
| rack | torment emotionally or mentally | |
| Meaning | A support for displaying various articles. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "the newspapers were arranged on a rack" | |
| Synonym | stand | |
| Parts | spit | A skewer for holding meat over a fire / fire |
| Narrower | bier | A stand to support a corpse or a coffin prior to burial |
| cruet-stand | A stand for cruets containing various condiments | |
| dress rack | A rack used primarily to display dresses for sale in a store | |
| magazine rack | A rack for displaying magazines | |
| music stand, music rack | A light stand for holding sheets of printed music | |
| spice rack | A rack for displaying containers filled with spices / spices | |
| tripod | A three-legged rack used for support | |
| Broader | support | Any device that bears the weight of another thing |
| Spanish | anaquel | |
| Catalan | postada | |
| Meaning | A form of torture in which pain is inflicted by stretching the body. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | torture, torturing | The deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason |
| Meaning | A rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | single-foot | |
| Broader | gait | A horse's manner of moving |
| Verbs | rack | go at a rack |
| Meaning | Go at a rack. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Synonym | single-foot | |
| Broader | pace | Go at a pace |
| Nouns | rack | a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately |
| Meaning | stretch to the limits / limits. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "rack one's brains" | |
| Broader | try, strain, stress | Test the limits of |
| Spanish | atormentar, devanarse | |
| Catalan | trencar-se | |
| Meaning | put on a rack and pinion. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "rack a camera" | |
| Broader | work, put to work | Cause to work |
| Nouns | rack | framework for holding objects |
| Meaning | Obtain by coercion or intimidation. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something from somebody | |
| Synonyms | extort, squeeze, gouge, wring | |
| Narrower | bleed | Get or extort (money or other possessions) from someone |
| Broader | overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook | rip off |
| Spanish | atormentar, exprimir, extorsionar | |
| Catalan | arrabassar, arruïnar, extorquir, extorsionar | |
| Meaning | Run before a gale. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonym | scud | |
| Category | navigation, pilotage, piloting | The guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place |
| Broader | sail | Travel on water propelled by wind |
| Meaning | fly in high wind. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Broader | fly, wing | Travel through the air |
| Meaning | Draw off from the lees. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "rack wine" | |
| Broader | draw, take out | take liquid out of a container or well |
| Spanish | depurar, trasegar | |
| Meaning | torment emotionally or mentally. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | torment, torture, excruciate | |
| Broader | pain, anguish, hurt | Cause emotional anguish / anguish or make miserable |
| Spanish | atormentar, martirizar, torturar | |
| Catalan | martiritzar, torturar | |
| Nouns | rack | an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims |
| Meaning | Work on a rack / rack. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "rack leather" | |
| Entails | stretch | Pull in opposite directions |
| Broader | work, work on, process | shape, form, or improve a material |
| Nouns | rack | framework for holding objects |
| Meaning | seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Broader | seize, prehend, clutch | take hold of |
| Meaning | torture on the rack. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Broader | torture, excruciate, torment | subject to torture |
| Spanish | atormentar, dar potro, torturar con potro | |
| Nouns | rack | an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims |
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