English
wrack
Pronunciation Noun

wrack (plural wracks)

  1. (archaic, dialectal or literary) Vengeance; revenge; persecution; punishment; consequence; trouble.
  2. (archaic, except in dialects) Ruin; destruction.
  3. The remains; a wreck.
    • 2011, John Jeremiah Sullivan, "Mr. Lytle: An Essay", in Pulphead:
      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.
Translations Translations Verb

wrack (wracks, present participle wracking; past and past participle wracked)

  1. (UK dialectal, transitive) To execute vengeance; avenge.
  2. (UK dialectal, transitive) To worry; tease; torment.
Noun

wrack

  1. (archaic) Remnant from a shipwreck as washed ashore, or the right to claim such items.
  2. Any marine vegetation cast up on shore, especially seaweed of the genus Fucus.
  3. Weeds, vegetation or rubbish floating on a river or pond.
  4. A high flying cloud; a rack.
Translations Verb

wrack (wracks, present participle wracking; past and past participle wracked)

  1. (transitive) To wreck, especially a ship (usually in passive).
  2. Alternative form of rack


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