racking

Meanings

Plural: rackings

Verb

• go at a rack
• stretch to the limits
• put on a rack and pinion
• obtain by coercion or intimidation
• run before a gale
• fly in high wind
• draw off from the lees
• torment emotionally or mentally
• work on a rack
• seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block
• torture on the rack
• present participle and gerund of rack

Adjective Satellite

• causing great physical or mental suffering

Noun

• A method of asphalt shingle application, whereby shingle courses are applied vertically, up the roof rather than laterally across and up.
• spun yarn used in racking ropes
• The process of clarifying, and thereby deterring further fermentation of, beer, wine or cider by draining or siphoning it from the dregs.

Adj

• Alternative spelling of wracking.

Synonyms

excruciate, extort, gouge, rack, scud, single-foot, squeeze, straight-up method, torment, torture, wrenching, wring

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