wrack

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Vengeance

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

2. 2

   Ruin

   Ruin; destruction.

   • Therefore, in sign her treasure suffered wrack, Since Hero's time hath half the world been black.
3. 3

   The remains of something

   The remains of something; a wreck.

   • Lytle was already moaning in shame, fallen back in bed with his hand across his face like he'd just washed up somewhere, a piece of wrack.
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   1. 4

      To execute vengeance on

      To execute vengeance on; avenge.

   2. 5

      To worry

      To worry; tease; torment.

   3. 6

      Remnant from a shipwreck as washed ashore

      Remnant from a shipwreck as washed ashore; flotsam or jetsam.

   4. 7

      The right to claim such items.

   5. 8

      Any marine vegetation cast up on shore, especially seaweed of the family Fucaceae.

   6. 9

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

   7. 10

      A high, flying cloud

      A high, flying cloud; a rack.

      • A dull wrack was drifting slowly across the sky, and a star or two twinkled dimly here and there through the rifts of the clouds.
   8. 11

      To wreck, especially a ship.

   9. 12

      Alternative form of rack (“to cause to suffer pain, etc.”).

      • It marked her first performance in over four years after revealing that her body had been wracked with painful spasms following her diagnosis with the rare and chronic neurological disorder.

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