Meaning of WRACK
| Pronunciation: | | rak
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- [n] dried seaweed especially that cast ashore
- [n] growth of marine vegetation especially of the large forms such as rockweeds and kelp
- [n] the destruction or collapse of something; "wrack and ruin"
- [v] smash or break forcefully; "The kid busted up the car"
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| | Synonyms: | | bust up, rack, sea wrack, wreck |
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| | See Also: | | demolition, destroy, destruction, ruin, seaweed | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Wrack\, n.
A thin, flying cloud; a rack.
\Wrack\, v. t.
To rack; to torment. [R.]
\Wrack\, n. [OE. wrak wreck. See {Wreck}.]
1. Wreck; ruin; destruction. [Obs.] --Chaucer. ``A world
devote to universal wrack.'' --Milton.
2. Any marine vegetation cast up on the shore, especially
plants of the genera {Fucus}, {Laminaria}, and {Zostera},
which are most abundant on northern shores.
3. (Bot.) Coarse seaweed of any kind.
{Wrack grass}, or {Grass wrack} (Bot.), eelgrass.
\Wrack\, v. t.
To wreck. [Obs.] --Dryden.
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