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| Back | rack noun, verb BrE /ræk/ NAmE /ræk/ noun word origin example bank 1 (often in compounds) a piece of equipment, usually made of metal or wooden bars, that is used for holding things or for hanging things on a vegetable/wine/plate/toast rack I looked through a rack of clothes at the back of the shop. Remove the cakes from the oven and cool on a wire rack. See picture see also luggage rack, roof rack 2 (usually the rack) an instrument of torture, used in the past for punishing and hurting people. Their arms and legs were tied to the wooden frame and then pulled in opposite directions, stretching the body. 3 ~ of lamb/pork a particular piece of meat that includes the front ribs and is cooked in the oven 4 a part of a machine that consists of a bar with parts that a wheel or gear can fit into go to ˌrack and ˈruin to get into a bad condition They let the house go to rack and ruin. ˌoff the ˈrack (NAmE) (BrE ˌoff the ˈpeg) (of clothes) made to a standard average size and not made especially to fit you on the ˈrack feeling extreme pressure, anxiety or pain verb verb forms word origin (also less frequent wrack) [often passive] ~ sb/sth to make sb suffer great physical or mental pain to be racked with/by guilt Her face was racked with pain. Violent sobs racked her whole body. (BrE) a racking cough rack your ˈbrain(s) to think very hard or for a long time about sth She racked her brains, trying to remember exactly what she had said. ˌrack ˈup sth (especially NAmE) to collect sth, such as profits or losses in a business, or points in a competition The company racked up $200 million in losses in two years. In ten years of boxing he racked up a record 176 wins. |
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