From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishldoce_279_drackrack1 /ræk/ ●●○ noun [countable] 1 DTa frame or shelf that has bars or hooks on which you can put things a wine rack a magazine rack → luggage rack, roof-rack2 → the rack3 → on the rack4 → go to rack and ruin5 American EnglishDSO a three-sided frame used for arranging the balls at the start of a game of snooker or pool6 → a rack of lamb/pork7 → off the rack
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rack• Let the cake cool on a rack for ten minutes.• There are racks and racks of romantic writers and readers online.• a bicycle rack• Swap for rack mounted sound module.• a spice rack• Make sure the pans are in the center of the rack to allow heat to circulate around them.• What I hear you saying is that I have lived my life as if I bought my clothes off the rack.• When the fire is hot, lay the mushrooms on the rack.• There is a pool then a typical rack to Inverlaidnan Bridge.• Place the frozen truffles on a wire rack over a baking sheet.rackrack2 verb 1 [transitive]SUFFER to make someone suffer great mental or physical pain Great sobs racked her body.be racked by/with something Her face was racked with pain. Liza was racked by guilt.Grammar Rack is often passive in this meaning.2 → rack your brains → rack something ↔ up→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
rack• Other times he thrashed all night, thinking nothing, his body cramping, dry, racked, beside itself.• Without it, she was racked by a feeling of utter desolation.• If Liza had been racked by guilt, now, in a way, so was she.• Sharp pains racked his wasting body.• Everyone could feel the abnormal strains that were now racking the monied world.• Adobe racked up $ 46. 9 million in licensing revenues during its latest quarter.• Her face was racked with pain and it was clear that she was very ill.racked ... body• A violent shudder racked his powerful body.• He swallowed deeply and another great shudder racked his body.From Longman Business Dictionaryrackrack /ræk/ verb → rack up something→ See Verb tableOrigin rack1 1. (1300-1400) Middle Dutch rec “frame”2. Old English wræc “unhappiness, punishment” 