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Wrack

Wrack Meaning & Definition
Wrack Definition And Meaning

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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