the rack

: a wind-driven mass of high often broken clouds

: to fly or scud in high wind

: a framework for holding fodder for livestock

: an instrument of torture on which a body is stretched

: a cause of anguish or pain

: to torture on the rack

: to cause to suffer torture, pain, anguish, or ruin

: to stretch or strain violently

: to draw off (wine) from the lees

: to go at a rack

: either of two gaits of a horse:

: pace

: a fast showy 4-beat gait similar to the pace but in which the feet of the same side do not touch down at the same time

: the neck and spine of a forequarter of veal, pork, or especially mutton

: the rib section of a lamb's forequarters used for chops or as a roast — see lamb illustration

: destruction