rack

framework for holding objects

rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton

the destruction or collapse of something; "wrack and ruin"

an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims

a support for displaying various articles; "the newspapers were arranged on a rack"

a form of torture in which pain is inflicted by stretching the body

a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately

go at a rack; "the horses single-footed"

stretch to the limits; "rack one's brains"

put on a rack and pinion; "rack a camera"

obtain by coercion or intimidation; "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"

run before a gale

fly in high wind

draw off from the lees; "rack wine"

torment emotionally or mentally

work on a rack; "rack leather"

seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block

torture on the rack