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WRACK Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
1. a : a wrecked ship b : wreckage c : wreck d dialect : the violent destruction of a structure, machine, or vehicle 2. a : marine vegetation
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WRACK Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
noun damage or destruction: wrack and ruin. a trace of something destroyed: leaving not a wrack behind. verb (used with object) to wreck: He wracked his car up ...
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wrack - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Noun · Remnant from a shipwreck as washed ashore; flotsam or jetsam. · The right to claim such items. Any marine vegetation cast up on shore, especially seaweed ...
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wrack
▪ I. wrack, n.1 (ræk) Forms: 1 wræc, 3–5, Sc. 6 wrak, 4 wrac, 4– wrack, 6–7 wracke. [OE. wræc neut., f. pret. stem of wrecan to drive, etc., wreak v. Cf. wrack n.2, by which the later senses (esp. sense 5) may partly have been influenced; in writers of the 16–17th cent. it is sometimes uncertain whi...
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Rack vs. Wrack (Your Brain) - Merriam-Webster
Some people prefer to make a distinction between rack and wrack, using rack in “rack one's brain” and “nerve-racking,” and saving wrack for boat- and storm- ...
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Wrack - Wikipedia
Wrack, the leading broodmare sire in North America in 1935; Wrack (video game), A first person shooter video game made by Final Boss Entertainment. See also.
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Rack vs. Wrack | Grammarly Blog
We can use wrack instead of rack only in phrases where they share the similar meaning of pain and destruction—such as nerve-(w)racking, (w)rack my brain, (w) ...
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Word usage: "Wracked" or "Racked" here? : r/etymology - Reddit
Wracked means inflicted, and "wracked with pain" is a common expression. The Rack is a medieval torture device that stretches you out and causes pain.
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A Word, Please: The torturous difference between 'rack' and 'wrack'
“Rack” originates from a noun referring to a Medieval torture device, with the verb evolving to mean torture, strain or wreck.
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Wrack - Etymology, Origin & Meaning
Originating from mid-14c. Middle Dutch/Middle Low German "wrak" meaning "wreck," this word means destruction or ruin, especially of ships, derived from ...
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What is the difference between 'wreck' and 'wrack'? - Quora
Wreck (noun) is something or someone that has suffered ruin. Examples: Thanks to him I'm a human wreck. The old building was a wreck. Wrack ...
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wrack
wrack/ræk; ræk/ n[U]seaweed that grows on the shore or has been thrown onto it by the waves (and used as manure, etc) (在海岸上长的或冲到海岸上的)海草(用作肥料等).
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Wrack (novel)
Background and writing history
Wrack is Bradley's first novel. Style
Wrack is a hybridised bricolage made up of different forms and genres.
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Wrack (seaweed)
"Bladder wrack", Fucus vesiculosus
"Channelled wrack", Pelvetia canaliculata
"Knotted wrack", Ascophyllum nodosum
"Spiral wrack" or "flat wrack", Fucus spiralis
"Toothed wrack" or "serrated wrack", Fucus serratus
Historically wrack was used for making manure, and for making "kelp", a form of potash.
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a-wrack
a-wrack, advb. phr. (əˈræk) [a prep.1 + wrack.] In a state of wreck or ruin.1627 Capt. Smith Seaman's Gram. ix. 41 If she split or sinke, she is awracke. a 1845 Hood Irish Schm. xx, Like tears dried up with rugged huckaback, That sets the mournful visage all awrack. [The sense here is doubtful.]
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