rack

rack (http://definr.com/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, as of horses [syn: single-foot]
     2: rack one's brains
     3: work by a rack and pinion or worm so as to extend or
        contract; "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" [syn: extort, gouge, wring]
     5: go at a rack, of horses
     6: run before a gale [syn: scud]
     7: fly in high wind
     8: draw off from the lees, as of wine
     9: torment emotionally or mentally [syn: torment, torture,
        excruciate]
     10: work on a rack, of materials such as leather
     11: seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to
         prevent running through the block
     12: torture on the rack