[rak], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a framework, typically with rails, bars, hooks, or pegs, for holding or storing things
(e.g: a spice rack)

- a cogged or toothed bar or rail engaging with a wheel or pinion, or using pegs to adjust the position of something
(e.g: a steering rack)

- an instrument of torture consisting of a frame on which the victim was stretched by turning rollers to which the wrists and ankles were tied

- a triangular structure for positioning the balls in pool

- a woman's breasts
(e.g: that chick's got a nice rack)

- a set of antlers
(e.g: moose have the most impressive racks of all the antlered animals)

- a bed


Phrases:
- go to rack and ruin
- off the rack
- on the rack
- rack one's brain

Origin:
Middle English: from Middle Dutch rec, Middle Low German rek ‘horizontal bar or shelf’, probably from recken ‘to stretch, reach’ (possibly the source of rack)

[rak], (Verb)

Definitions:
- cause extreme pain, anguish, or distress to
(e.g: he was racked with guilt)

- place in or on a rack
(e.g: the shoes were racked neatly beneath the dresses)

- move by a rack and pinion

- raise (rent) above a fair or normal amount


Phrases:
- go to rack and ruin
- off the rack
- on the rack
- rack one's brain

Origin:
Middle English: from Middle Dutch rec, Middle Low German rek ‘horizontal bar or shelf’, probably from recken ‘to stretch, reach’ (possibly the source of rack)

[rak], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a horse's gait in which both hoofs on either side in turn are lifted almost simultaneously, and all four hoofs are off the ground together at certain moments


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 16th century: of unknown origin

[rak], (Verb)

Definitions:
- (of a horse) move with a rack gait

- go away
(e.g: ‘Rack off mate, or you're going to cop it,’ he bellowed)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 16th century: of unknown origin

[rak], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a joint of meat, typically lamb, that includes the front ribs
(e.g: my favourite dish on the menu was a densely seasoned rack of lamb)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 16th century: of unknown origin

[rak], (Verb)

Definitions:
- draw off (wine, beer, etc.) from the sediment in the barrel
(e.g: the wine is racked off into large oak casks)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 15th century: from Provençal arracar, from raca ‘stems and husks of grapes, dregs’

[rak], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a mass of high, thick, fast-moving clouds
(e.g: there was a thin moon, a rack of cloud)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (denoting a rush or collision): probably of Scandinavian origin; compare with Norwegian and Swedish dialect rak ‘wreckage’, from reka ‘to drive’

[rak], (Verb)

Definitions:
- (of a cloud) be driven before the wind
(e.g: a thin shred of cloud racking across the moon)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (denoting a rush or collision): probably of Scandinavian origin; compare with Norwegian and Swedish dialect rak ‘wreckage’, from reka ‘to drive’