rack
     n 1: framework for holding objects
     2: rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially
        lamb or mutton
     3: the destruction or collapse of something; "wrack and ruin"
        [syn: {wrack}]
     4: an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or
        mutilates victims [syn: {wheel}]
     5: a support for displaying various articles; "the newspapers
        were arranged on a rack" [syn: {stand}]
     6: a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the
        ground separately [syn: {single-foot}]
     v 1: go at a rack; "the horses single-footed" [syn: {single-foot}]
     2: stretch to the limits; "rack one's brains"
     3: put on a rack and pinion; "rack a camera"
     4: 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" [syn: {extort}, {squeeze},
         {gouge}, {wring}]
     5: run before a gale [syn: {scud}]
     6: fly in high wind
     7: draw off from the lees; "rack wine"
     8: torment emotionally or mentally [syn: {torment}, {torture},
        {excruciate}]
     9: work on a rack; "rack leather"
     10: seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to
         prevent running through the block
     11: torture on the rack
Source: WordNet® 2.0