rack
To place in or hang on a rackTo place in or hang on a rack.
» That car has a roof rack.
У той машины есть багажник на крыше. — afyodor
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18 sensesTo place in or hang on a rack.
place in a rack
To torture (someone) on the rack.
torture on the rack
To cause (someone) to suffer pain.
(figuratively)To stretch or strain; to harass, or oppress by extortion.
stretch to the limits
To put the balls into the triangular rack and set them in place on the table.
put on a rack and pinion
(slang, transitive)To strike in the testicles.
(slang)To shoplift (especially in a megastore), often by taking off of a rack.
He racked three boxes of gum!
go at a rack
(broadly)To take that which belongs to another, without regard of right or permission.
To (manually) load (a round of ammunition) from the magazine or belt into firing position in an automatic or semiautomatic firearm.
To move the slide bar on a shotgun in order to chamber the next round.
To wash (metals, ore, etc.) on a rack.
work on a rack
To bind together, as two ropes, with cross turns of yarn, marline, etc.
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Origin
From Old English reċċan (“to stretch out, extend”). From Middle English reken, from Old NFrom Old English reċċan (“to stretch out, extend”).
From Middle English reken, from Old Norse reka (“to be drifted, tost”)
Inherited from Middle English rakken.
See rack (“that which stretches”), or rock (verb).
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Forms
racks, racking, racked, rackedPhrasal verbs
3 phrasal verbsSynonyms
24 synonymsWord family
9 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle