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11rack — [ræk] verb rack up something to succeed in getting a large amount of something, especially profits, sales, or debts: • His last movie managed to rack up $75 million at the box office. • Somehow he managed to rack up debts of £80,000 …
12rack — in the phrase rack and ruin means ‘destruction’ and is normally spelt in this way in BrE, although it is originally a variant of the older form wrack (which is still sometimes used). Rack is one of nine nouns and seven verbs with this spelling,… …
13Rack — Rack, n. [Prob. fr. Icel. rek drift, motion, and akin to reka to drive, and E. wrack, wreck. [root]282.] Thin, flying, broken clouds, or any portion of floating vapor in the sky. Shak. [1913 Webster] The winds in the upper region, which move the… …
14rack — RACK, rackuri, s.n. (elt.; englezism) Cadru metalic pe care se pot fixa diferite aparate componente ale unui sistem. – Din engl. rack. Trimis de romac, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DEX 98 RACK REC/ s. n. cutie în care sunt instalate pe verticală, sub… …
15Rack — Rack, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Racked} (r[a^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Racking}.] [See {Rack} that which stretches, or {Rock}, v.] To amble fast, causing a rocking or swaying motion of the body; to pace; said of a horse. Fuller. [1913 Webster] …
16Rack — Rack, v. t. [Cf. OF. vin raqu[ e] wine squeezed from the dregs of the grapes.] To draw off from the lees or sediment, as wine. [1913 Webster] It is in common practice to draw wine or beer from the lees (which we call racking), whereby it will… …
17Rack — Rack, n. A fast amble. [1913 Webster] …
18Rack — (r[a^]k), n. Same as {Arrack}. [1913 Webster] …
19Rack — Rack, n. [AS. hracca neck, hinder part of the head; cf. AS. hraca throat, G. rachen throat, E. retch.] The neck and spine of a fore quarter of veal or mutton. [1913 Webster] …
20Rack — Rack, v. i. To fly, as vapor or broken clouds. [1913 Webster] …
