rack

  1. Noun.  A series of one or more shelves, stacked one above the other.
  2. Noun.  A frame on which to hang various items.
  3. Noun.  A device used to torture victims by stretching them beyond their natural limits.
  4. Noun.  A pair of antlers (as on deer, moose or elk).
  5. Noun.  A cut of meat involving several adjacent ribs.
  6. Noun.  (billiards, snooker) A hollow triangle used for aligning the balls at the start of a game.
  7. Noun.  (slang) A woman's breasts.
  8. Noun.  (climbing, caving) A friction device for abseiling, consisting of a frame with 5 or more metal bars, around which the rope is threaded. Also ''rappel rack'', ''abseil rack''.
  9. Noun.  (climbing, slang) A climber's set of equipment for setting up protection and belays, consisting of runners, slings, karabiners, nuts, Friends, etc.
  10. Verb.  To place in or hang on a rack.
  11. Verb.  To cause (someone) to suffer pain.
  12. Verb.  (billiards, snooker) To put the balls into the triangular rack and set them in place on the table.
  13. Verb.  (slang) To strike a male in the groin with the knee.
  14. Verb.  To (manually) load (a round of ammunition) from the magazine or belt into firing position in an automatic or semiautomatic firearm.
  15. Verb.  stretch joints of a person.
  16. Verb.  To fly, as vapour or broken clouds.
  17. Verb.  (context, brewing) To clarify, and thereby deter further fermentation of, beer, wine or cider by draining or siphoning it from the dregs.

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