rack

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Daily life, Technologyldoce_279_drackrack1 /ræk/ noun [countable] 1 DTa frame or shelf that has bars or hooks on which you can put things a wine rack a magazine rack → luggage rack , roof-rack2 → the rack3 → on the rack4 → go to rack and ruin5 American EnglishDSO a three-sided frame used for arranging the balls at the start of a game of snooker or pool 6 → a rack of lamb/pork7 → off the rackExamples from the Corpusrack• Let the cake cool on a rack for ten minutes.• There are racks and racks of romantic writers and readers online.• a bicycle rack• Swap for rack mounted sound module.• a spice rack• Make sure the pans are in the center of the rack to allow heat to circulate around them.• What I hear you saying is that I have lived my life as if I bought my clothes off the rack.• When the fire is hot, lay the mushrooms on the rack.• There is a pool then a typical rack to Inverlaidnan Bridge.• Place the frozen truffles on a wire rack over a baking sheet. rackrack2 verb 1 [transitive]SUFFER to make someone suffer great mental or physical pain Great sobs racked her body.be racked by/with something Her face was racked with pain. Liza was racked by guilt.Grammar Rack is often passive in this meaning.2 → rack your brains → rack something ↔ up→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusrack• Other times he thrashed all night, thinking nothing, his body cramping, dry, racked, beside itself.• Without it, she was racked by a feeling of utter desolation.• If Liza had been racked by guilt, now, in a way, so was she.• Sharp pains racked his wasting body.• Everyone could feel the abnormal strains that were now racking the monied world.• Adobe racked up $ 46. 9 million in licensing revenues during its latest quarter.• Her face was racked with pain and it was clear that she was very ill.racked ... body• A violent shudder racked his powerful body.• He swallowed deeply and another great shudder racked his body.From Longman Business Dictionaryrackrack /ræk/ verb → rack up something→ See Verb tableOrigin rack1 1. (1300-1400) Middle Dutch rec “frame”2. Old English wræc “unhappiness, punishment”

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Verb table

rack

Simple Form
Present
I, you, we, they	rack
he, she, it	racks
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Past
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	racked
Present perfect
I, you, we, they	have racked
he, she, it	has racked
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had racked
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will rack
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have racked
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Continuous Form
Present
I	am racking
he, she, it	is racking
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you, we, they	are racking
Past
I, he, she, it	was racking
you, we, they	were racking
Present perfect
I, you, we, they	have been racking
he, she, it	has been racking
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been racking
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be racking
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been racking
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