WRACK
\ɹˈak], \ɹˈak], \ɹ_ˈa_k]\
Definitions of WRACK
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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smash or break forcefully; "The kid busted up the car"
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growth of marine vegetation especially of the large forms such as rockweeds and kelp
By Princeton University
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smash or break forcefully; "The kid busted up the car"
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growth of marine vegetation especially of the large forms such as rockweeds and kelp
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A thin, flying cloud; a rack.
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To rack; to torment.
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Wreck; ruin; destruction.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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A thin, flying cloud; a rack.
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To rack; to torment.
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Wreck; ruin; destruction.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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A thin, flying cloud; a rack.
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A popular name for seaweeds generally, but more especially when thrown ashore by the waves; the name is sometimes restricted to the species of Fucus, which from the bulk of the wrack collected for manure, and sometimes for making kelp; those found most plentifully on the British shores are the F. vesiculosus and the F. nodosus: destruction of a ship by winds or rocks or by the force of the waves; wreck. Shak.: ruin; destruction. Shak. (This is the ordinary spelling in the old editions of Shakespeare, both of the noun and of the verb.).
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To destroy in the water; to wreck. Milton: to torture; to rack. Cowley.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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