· go at a rack; "the horses single-footed"

Synonym(s): single-foot

Hypernym(s): pace

· stretch to the limits; "rack one's brains"

Hypernym(s): try, strain, stress

· put on a rack and pinion; "rack a camera"

Hypernym(s): work, put_to_work

· obtain by coercion or intimidation; "They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss"; "They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him"

Synonym(s): extort, squeeze, gouge, wring

Hypernym(s): overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook

· run before a gale

Synonym(s): scud

Hypernym(s): sail

· fly in high wind

Hypernym(s): fly, wing

· draw off from the lees; "rack wine"

Hypernym(s): draw, take_out

· torment emotionally or mentally

Synonym(s): torment, torture, excruciate

Hypernym(s): pain, anguish, hurt

· work on a rack; "rack leather"

Hypernym(s): work, work_on, process

· seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block

Hypernym(s): seize, prehend, clutch

· torture on the rack

Hypernym(s): torture, excruciate, torment

· causing great physical or mental suffering; "a wrenching pain"

Synonym(s): wrenching