About The Word Wrack
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Wrack
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What's The Definition Of Wrack?
[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" Synonyms | Synonyms for Wrack: bust up | rack | sea wrack | wreck Related Terms | Find terms related to Wrack: See Also | demolition | destroy | destruction | ruin | seaweed Wrack In Webster's Dictionary \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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