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| wrack [ rak ] |
noun (plural wracks) |
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1. ocean vegetation: seaweed floating in the sea or growing on the shoreline
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2. brown seaweed: any brown seaweed, e.g. bladder wrack. Family Fucaceae.
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3. wrecked ship: a wrecked ship, especially one driven onto the shore
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archaic
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4. wreckage: wreckage, or a piece of wreckage
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archaic
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transitive and intransitive verb (past and past participle wracked, present participle wrack·ing, 3rd person present singular wracks) |
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wreck or be wrecked: to wreck something, or be wrecked
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| [14th century. < Dutch wrak "wreck"] |
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