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racked with pain — When someone is suffering from severe pain, they are racked with pain. The soldier was so badly injured that he was racked with pain … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
pain — noun 1 physical pain ADJECTIVE ▪ acute, agonizing, awful, blinding, excruciating, extreme, great, immense, intense, severe … Collocations dictionary
racked — adj American 1. ruined, defeated, disabled. The term referred originally to being kicked or struck in the rack or male genital area. 2. intoxicated by drugs or alcohol. The adolescent usage is probably a borrowing of the standard term as it… … Contemporary slang
rack — rack1 [ræk] n [Sense: 1 3,5 7; Date: 1300 1400; : Middle Dutch; Origin: rec frame ] [Sense: 4; Origin: Old English wrAc unhappiness, punishment ] 1.) a frame or shelf that has bars or hooks on which you can put things ▪ a wine rack ▪ … Dictionary of contemporary English
rack — rack1 rackingly, adv. /rak/, n. 1. a framework of bars, wires, or pegs on which articles are arranged or deposited: a clothes rack; a luggage rack. 2. a fixture containing several tiered shelves, often affixed to a wall: a book rack; a spice rack … Universalium
rack — 01. We got a bike [rack] for our van, so we can take our bicycles with us when we go camping. 02. The pick up truck had a shotgun sitting on a [rack] behind the driver. 03. The store has [racks] of great clothes on sale for 50% off. 04. The… … Grammatical examples in English
rack — 1 noun (C) 1 a frame or shelf, usually with bars or hooks, for holding things on: The dishes are on the plate rack. | a magazine rack see also: luggage rack, roofrack 2 the rack a piece of equipment used in the past to make people suffer severe… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
sob — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, deep, great ▪ little, small ▪ loud ▪ quiet … Collocations dictionary
rack — [[t]ræ̱k[/t]] racks, racking, racked (The spelling wrack is also used, mainly for meanings 2 and 3, and mainly in old fashioned or American English.) 1) N COUNT: oft supp N A rack is a frame or shelf, usually with bars or hooks, that is used for… … English dictionary
Milton H. Erickson — Milton Hyland Erickson Born 5 December 1901 (1901 12 05) Aurum, Nevada Died … Wikipedia
rack — rack1 [ ræk ] noun count * 1. ) an object used for storing things that consists of a row of small shelves, spaces, or hooks: She flicked through the clothes on the rack, looking for something suitable. a wine rack a vegetable rack a ) a metal… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
