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(verb) torture on the rack |
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Related Words: excruciate, torment, torture |
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| 2. |
(noun) a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately |
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Synonyms: single-foot |
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Related Words: gait |
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(verb) seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block |
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Related Words: clutch, prehend, seize |
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(verb) work on a rack, of materials such as leather |
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Related Words: process, work, work on |
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| 5. |
(verb) rack one's brains |
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Related Words: strain, stress, try |
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(verb) draw off from the lees, as of wine |
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Related Words: draw, take out |
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(verb) fly in high wind |
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Related Words: fly, wing |
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(verb) go at a rack, of horses |
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Related Words: pace |
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(verb) work by a rack and pinion or worm so as to extend or contract; "rack a camera" |
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Related Words: put to work, work |
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(noun) a support for displaying various articles; "the newspapers were arranged on a rack" |
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Synonyms: stand |
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Related Words: bier, cruet-stand, dress rack, magazine rack, music rack, music stand, spice rack, support, tripod |
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(noun) framework for holding objects |
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Related Words: barbecue, bicycle rack, carrier, coatrack, dish rack, frame, framework, framing, hatrack, hayrack, pipe rack, plate rack, tie rack, toastrack, towel horse, towel rack |
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(noun) stretches, disjoints or mutilates victims |
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Synonyms: wheel |
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Related Words: instrument of torture |
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(noun) rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton |
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Related Words: crown roast, cut, cut of meat, rack of lamb |
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(verb) run before a gale |
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Synonyms: scud |
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Related Words: sail |
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(verb) go at a rack, as of horses |
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Synonyms: single-foot |
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Related Words: pace |
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(verb) obtain by coercion or intimidation; "They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss" |
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Synonyms: extort, gouge, wring |
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Related Words: fleece, gazump, hook, overcharge, pluck, plume, rob, soak, surcharge |
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(noun) the destruction or collapse of something; "wrack and ruin" |
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Synonyms: wrack |
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Related Words: demolition, destruction |
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(verb) torment emotionally or mentally |
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Synonyms: excruciate, torment, torture |
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Related Words: anguish, hurt, pain |
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