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English noun: rack | |||
| 1. | rack (artifact) framework for holding objects | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | framework | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | barbecue, barbeque, bicycle rack, carrier, coat rack, coatrack, dish rack, hatrack, hayrack, pipe rack, plate rack, tie rack, toastrack, towel horse, towel rack | ||
| 2. | rack (food) rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cut, cut of meat | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | crown roast, rack of lamb | ||
| 3. | rack (event) the destruction or collapse of something | ||
| Samples | Wrack and ruin. | ||
| Synonyms | wrack | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | demolition, destruction, wipeout | ||
| 4. | rack (artifact) an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims | ||
| Synonyms | wheel | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | instrument of torture | ||
| 5. | rack (artifact) a support for displaying various articles | ||
| Samples | The newspapers were arranged on a rack. | ||
| Synonyms | stand | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | support | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bier, cruet-stand, dress rack, magazine rack, music rack, music stand, spice rack, tripod | ||
| Part holonym | spit | ||
| 6. | rack (act) a form of torture in which pain is inflicted by stretching the body | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | torture, torturing | ||
| 7. | rack (act) a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately | ||
| Synonyms | single-foot | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | gait | ||
English verb: rack | |||
| 1. | rack (motion) go at a rack | ||
| Samples | The horses single-footed. | ||
| Synonyms | single-foot | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | pace | ||
| 2. | rack (emotion) stretch to the limits | ||
| Samples | Rack one's brains. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | strain, stress, try | ||
| 3. | rack (social) put on a rack and pinion | ||
| Samples | Rack a camera. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | put to work, work | ||
| 4. | rack (possession) obtain by coercion or intimidation | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Synonyms | extort, gouge, squeeze, wring | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something from somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | fleece, gazump, hook, overcharge, pluck, plume, rob, soak, surcharge | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bleed | ||
| 5. | rack (motion) run before a gale | ||
| Synonyms | scud | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | sail | ||
| Domain category | navigation, pilotage, piloting | ||
| 6. | rack (motion) fly in high wind | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | fly, wing | ||
| 7. | rack (motion) draw off from the lees | ||
| Samples | Rack wine. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | draw, take out | ||
| 8. | rack (emotion) torment emotionally or mentally | ||
| Synonyms | excruciate, torment, torture | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | anguish, hurt, pain | ||
| 9. | rack (creation) work on a rack | ||
| Samples | Rack leather. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | process, work, work on | ||
| Entail | stretch | ||
| 10. | rack (contact) seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | clutch, prehend, seize | ||
| 11. | rack (body) torture on the rack | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | excruciate, torment, torture | ||
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