Main entry: single-foot, rack
Definition: a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately
Main entry: rack
Definition: a form of torture in which pain is inflicted by stretching the body
Definition: a support for displaying various articles
Usage: the newspapers were arranged on a rack
Main entry: rack
Definition: framework for holding objects
Definition: an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims
Definition: the destruction or collapse of something
Usage: wrack and ruin
Main entry: rack
Definition: rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton
Main entry: rack
Definition: torture on the rack
Main entry: rack
Definition: seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block
Main entry: rack
Definition: work on a rack
Usage: rack leather
Main entry: rack
Definition: stretch to the limits
Usage: rack one's brains
Main entry: excruciate, torment, torture, rack
Definition: torment emotionally or mentally
Main entry: rack
Definition: draw off from the lees
Usage: rack wine
Main entry: rack
Definition: fly in high wind
Definition: run before a gale
Main entry: rack, single-foot
Definition: go at a rack
Usage: the horses single-footed
Main entry: rack, extort, wring, gouge, squeeze
Definition: obtain by coercion or intimidation
Usage: 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
Main entry: rack
Definition: put on a rack and pinion
Usage: rack a camera