rack

[ræk]

Definition:
1. Framework for holding objects.
2. A support for displaying various articles.
3. Torment emotionally or mentally.

Use 'rack' in a sentence:

1. The company racked up $200 million in losses in two years.
2. They let the house go to rack and ruin.
3. One has shelves and a built-in shoe rack.
4. She thought she could never stop until convulsive sobs racked her even more.
5. Tom racked his brains during the test trying to solve the problem.
6. He lifted the suitcase down from the rack.
7. She began to rack her brains to remember what had happened at the nursing home.
8. My brain is continually on the rack about the means of living.
9. Could you put everything in the overhead rack?
10. Hans takes Gretel, ties her to a rope, leads her to the rack, and binds her fast.
11. There are racks of musty clothing and piles of junk.
12. Invest in a wire steamer rack, also called a steamer insert.
13. Her body was racked with sobs.
14. I looked through a rack of clothes at the back of the shop.
15. Remove from oven; place on a rack and cool.
16. The country is now racked by three violent separatist movements.
17. Turn the cake the right way up on to a wire rack.
18. His already infirm body was racked by high fever.
19. She was now shaking with long, racking sobs.
20. India while not racking up such an impressive score beat Japan 3-0.
21. The company racked up$ 200 million in losses in two years.
22. For our clothes, we went to a shop on Hollywood Boulevard, and we just picked it all off the rack.
23. She stopped at a hardware store to buy bungee cords for her new bike rack.
24. Don't think this job a piece of cake. You'll have to rack your brains once you start on it.
25. I will go look at the magazine rack, okay?
26. You need a wok with a steaming rack for this; if you don't have one, improvise.
27. My rucksack was too big for the luggage rack.
28. Only a year ago, he was on the rack with a heroin addiction that began when he was 13.
29. Quick introduction to Rack (12:43).
30. I took the key for the room off a rack above her head.
31. Gloria slid an appraising eye over the rest of the rack before reaching for the dress.
32. You have to fight to reach the racks of clothes but the bargains are amazing.
33. Hang a key rack by the door up on the wall.
34. Let's put our suitcases on the rack.
35. A luggage rack is a sensible option.
36. We must rack our brains for some answers to his questions.
37. If you have only one sink, stack washed dishes in a dish rack and rinse them with a pan of hot water.
38. I left it on a rack.
39. Fork lifter may to into the passage of each row of the rack, improving the utility ratio of warehouse.
40. Anyone taking all these flights over a year might rack up a carbon footprint totaling more than 35 tonnes.
41. I just want to buy some off-the-rack clothes.
42. Lower rates mean that firms are more likely to rack up profits in the coming months.
43. Two knife racks hold her favourite knives.
44. The acrylic knife rack shown here costs about $70.
45. The old empty house soon went to rack and ruin.
46. Leeds kept quiet, stuck to their game plan and quietly racked up the points.
47. I led her by the rope, tied her to the rack, and scattered some grass for her.
48. I saw it on the rack.
49. In ten years of boxing he racked up a record 176 wins.
50. Invert the cake onto a cooling rack.
51. Violent sobs racked her whole body.
52. Her face was racked with pain.
53. She racked her brains, trying to remember exactly what she had said.