wrack

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Derived terms 1.3.1.2 Translations 1.3.2 Verb 1.4 Anagrams

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ræk/

  Rhymes: -æk

• Homophones: rack

[edit] Etymology 1

From Old English wræc.

[edit] Noun

wrack (plural wracks)

1. (archaic or literary) revenge, persecution
2. (archaic, except in dialects) ruin, destruction
3. the remains; a wreck

[edit] Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch (and Dutch) wrak (cognate with German Wrack, Old Norse rek, Danish vrag, Old English wræc). Cf. Gothic 𐍅𐍂𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 (wrikan), 𐍅𐍂𐌰𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (wrakjan), “‘persecute’”), Old Norse reka (“‘drive’”).

[edit] Noun

wrack (plural wracks)

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

[edit] Derived terms

• channelled wrack
• flat wrack
• spiral wrack

[edit] Translations

[edit] Verb

to wrack (third-person singular simple present wracks, present participle wracking, simple past and past participle wracked)

1. (transitive) to wreck, especially a ship (usually in passive)

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: ackrw
• crawk