rack (Noun) — A support for displaying various articles. ex. "the newspapers were arranged on a rack"
rack (Noun) — Framework for holding objects.
rack (Noun) — Rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton.
rack (Noun) — The destruction or collapse of something. ex. "rack and ruin"
rack (Noun) — An instrument of torture that stretches, disjoints or mutilates victims.
rack (Noun) — A form of torture in which pain is inflicted by stretching the body.
rack (Noun) — A rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately.
rack (Noun) — (informal) woman's breasts.
rack (Verb) — Go at a rack. ex. "the horses racked"
rack (Verb) — Stretch to the limits. ex. "rack one's brains"
rack (Verb) — Put on a rack and pinion. ex. "rack a camera"
rack (Verb) — Obtain by coercion or intimidation. ex. "They racked money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss"
rack (Verb) — Run before a gale.
rack (Verb) — Fly in high wind.
rack (Verb) — Draw off from the lees. ex. "rack wine"
rack (Verb) — Torment emotionally or mentally.
rack (Verb) — Work on a rack. ex. "rack leather"
rack (Verb) — Seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block.
rack (Verb) — Torture on the rack.