01 n. A thin, flying cloud; a rack.
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A thin, flying cloud; a rack.
Entry
6 senses · 4 variants
Webster, 1913
Wrack
/răk/
· IPA /ɹæk/
02 v. t. To rack; to torment.
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To rack; to torment.[R.]
03 n. Wreck; ruin; destruction.
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Wreck; ruin; destruction.[Obs.]
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Any marine vegetation cast up on the shore, especially plants of the genera Fucus, Laminaria, and Zostera, which are most abundant on northern shores.
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Coarse seaweed of any kind.(Bot.)
Phrases & compounds
Wrack grass —
eelgrass.
04 v. t. To wreck.
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To wreck.[Obs.]