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Meaning of wrack

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wrack

Pronunciation:/ɹæk/

noun

Definitions

  1. Vengeance; revenge; persecution; punishment; consequence; trouble.

  2. (except in dialects) Ruin; destruction.

  3. The remains; a wreck.

verb

Definitions

  1. To execute vengeance; avenge.

  2. To worry; tease; torment.

wrack

Pronunciation:/ɹæk/

verb

Definitions

  1. To place in or hang on a rack.

  2. To torture (someone) on the rack.

  3. To cause (someone) to suffer pain.

  4. To stretch or strain; to harass, or oppress by extortion.

verb

Definitions

  1. To stretch a person's joints.

verb

Definitions

  1. To drive; move; go forward rapidly; stir

  2. To fly, as vapour or broken clouds

verb

Definitions

  1. To clarify, and thereby deter further fermentation of, beer, wine or cider by draining or siphoning it from the dregs.

verb

Definitions

  1. (of a horse) To amble fast, causing a rocking or swaying motion of the body; to pace.

noun

Definitions

  1. Remnant from a shipwreck as washed ashore, or the right to claim such items.

  2. Any marine vegetation cast up on shore, especially seaweed of the genus Fucus.

  3. Weeds, vegetation or rubbish floating on a river or pond.

  4. A high flying cloud; a rack.

verb

Definitions

  1. To wreck, especially a ship (usually in passive).