Bicycle Rack

–noun

1.	a vehicle with two wheels in tandem, usually propelled by pedals connected to the rear wheel by a chain, and having handlebars for steering and a saddlelike seat.

–verb (used without object)

2.	to ride a bicycle.

–verb (used with object)

3.	to ship or transport directly by bicycle o 3e8 r other means.

–noun

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.

3.	a spreading framework set on a wagon for carrying hay, straw, or the like, in large loads.

b63 4.

Pool. a. a wooden frame of triangular shape within which the balls are arranged before play. b. the balls so arranged: He took aim at the rack.

5.	Machinery. a. a bar, with teeth on one of its sides, adapted to engage with the teeth of a pinion (rack and pinion) or the like, as for converting circular into rectilinear motion or vice versa. b. a bar having a series of notches engaging with a pawl or the like.

6.	a former instrument of torture consisting of a framework on which a victim was tied, often spread-eagled, by the wrists and ankles, to be slowly stretched by spreading the parts of the framework.

7.	a cause or state of intense suffering of body or mind.

8.	torment; anguish.

9.	violent strain.

10.	a pair of antlers.

11.	Slang. a bed, cot, or bunk: I spent all afternoon in the rack.

–verb (used with object)

12.	to torture; distress acutely; torment: His body was racked with pain.

13.	to strain in mental effort: to rack one's brains.

14.	to strain by physical force or violence.

15.	to strain beyond what is normal or usual.

16.	to stretch the body of (a person) in torture by means of a rack.

17.	Nautical. 37f to seize (two ropes) together side by side.

—Verb phrases

18.	rack out, Slang. to go to bed; go to sleep: I racked out all afternoon.

19.	rack up, a. Pool. to put (the balls) in a rack. b. Informal. to tally, accumulate, or amass as an achievement or score: The corporation racked up the greatest profits in its history.