rack in Gujarati ગુજરાતી
rack in Hindi हिन्दी
rack in Sindhi سنڌي
rack in Urdu اُردُو
rack in English
- rack⇄expr. go to rack and ruin, to be destroyed.
Ex. Over the years, the vacant house went to rack and ruin first by vandals and then a fire. - rack⇄expr. on (or upon) the rack, in great pain or distress; suffering very much.
Ex. Let me choose, For as I am, I live upon the rack (Shakespeare). - rack⇄expr. rack up, (U.S. Informal.) to accumulate.
Ex. More than a fourth of the nation's annual retail sales volume is racked up in November and December (Wall Street Journal). - rack⇄noun flying, broken clouds driven by the wind.
Ex. Across the sky the driving rack of the rain cloud Grows for a moment then (Longfellow). - rack⇄noun racker.
- rack⇄noun 1. a frame with bars, shelves, or pegs to hold, arrange, or keep things on.
Ex. a hatrack, a tool rack, a baggage rack.
2. a framework set on a wagon for carrying hay or straw.
3. a frame of bars to hold hay and other food especi - rack⇄noun 1. a gait of a horse in which one foot is put down at a time; single-foot.
2. pace (1) (def. 4). - rack⇄rack (1), noun, verb.
- rack⇄rack (2), noun.
(Archaic.) wreck; destruction. - rack⇄rack (3), noun, verb.
- rack⇄rack (4), noun, verb.
- rack⇄rack (5), noun.
the neck part of a forequarter of mutton, pork, or veal, especially when made into a roast for cooking.
Ex. a rack of lamb. - rack⇄rack (6), transitive verb.
to draw off (wine or cider) from the lees. - rack⇄rack (7), noun.
1. the track or trail made by an animal, especially that of a deer, as marked by gaps in hedges.
2. (Dialect.) a narrow path or track. - rack⇄v.i. (of clouds or fog) to be driven before the wind.
- rack⇄v.i. to go at a rack.
Ex. No one ever saw him trotting or galloping; he only racks (Frederick Marryat). - rack⇄v.t. 1. to hurt very much.
Ex. to be racked with grief. A toothache racked my jaw.
(SYN) agonize.
2. to stretch; strain.
3. to torture on the rack.
4. to put (a thing) in or on a rack.
5a. to raise (rent) above a