rack — OAT · Shobdo

rack

noun

turn the cake out onto a wire rack to cool:

framework, frame, stand, holder, shelf, form, trestle, support, bin, box, bunker, container, structure.

□ on the rack

under pressure, under stress, under a strain, in distress;

suffering, going through torture, in agony, in pain, racked with pain;

in trouble, in difficulties, having problems.

verb

she was racked with guilt |

the pain racked his whole body:

torment, afflict, torture, pain, agonize, cause agony/suffering/pain to, harrow, pierce, stab, wound, crucify;

plague, bedevil, persecute, harass, distress, trouble, worry;

convulse;

literary rend.

□ rack one's brains

she racked her brains, but there was nothing she could tell him:

think hard, put one's mind to something, give much thought to something, concentrate, try to remember, puzzle over something, cudgel one's brains, furrow one's brow;

informal scratch one's head.

□ rack upinformal

the privately-held chain racks up sales of $3.3 million:

achieve, attain, accomplish, gain, earn, win, succeed in making, reach, make, get, obtain;

accumulate, amass;

score, tally, record, register, log;

informal chalk up, clock up, knock up, notch up, turn in, bag.