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say it: rak
rack is a verb and noun meaning "go at a rack". It is pronounced /ˈɹæk/ — rak. It carries 18 recorded senses.
fly in high wind
torment emotionally or mentally
seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block
torture on the rack
rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton
an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims
a form of torture in which pain is inflicted by stretching the body
a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for rack come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.