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1. (n.) wrack
damage or destruction:
wrack and ruin.
2. wrack
wreck or wreckage.
3. wrack
a trace of something destroyed:
leaving not a wrack behind.
4. wrack
seaweed or other vegetation cast on the shore.
5. (v.t.) wrack
to wreck:
He wracked the car up on the river road.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME wrak (n.), OE wræc vengeance, misery, akin to wracu vengeance, misery, wrecan to wreak)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) wrack
dried seaweed especially that cast ashore
2. (noun) wrack, rack
the destruction or collapse of something
"wrack and ruin"
3. (verb) sea wrack, wrack
growth of marine vegetation especially of the large forms such as rockweeds and kelp
4. (verb) bust up, wreck, wrack
smash or break forcefully
"The kid busted up the car"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) wrack
a thin, flying cloud; a rack
2. (noun) wrack
wreck; ruin; destruction
3. (noun) wrack
any marine vegetation cast up on the shore, especially plants of the genera Fucus, Laminaria, and Zostera, which are most abundant on northern shores
4. (noun) wrack
coarse seaweed of any kind
5. (verb) wrack
to rack; to torment
6. (verb) wrack
to wreck
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