Wrack
[ræk]
Definition
(noun.) dried seaweed especially that cast ashore.
(noun.) the destruction or collapse of something; 'wrack and ruin'.
Edited by Janet--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A thin, flying cloud; a rack.
(v. t.) To rack; to torment.
(n.) Wreck; ruin; destruction.
(n.) Any marine vegetation cast up on the shore, especially plants of the genera Fucus, Laminaria, and Zostera, which are most abundant on northern shores.
(n.) Coarse seaweed of any kind.
(v. t.) To wreck.
Editor: Whitney
Definition
n. a term loosely given to various seaweeds esp. to the Fucace common on British shores long valuable as a source of kelp and utilised as manure: shipwreck: ruin.—adj. Wrack′ful destructive.
Checker: Sigmund
Examples
- A dull wrack was drifting slowly across the sky, and a star or two twinkled dimly here and there through the rifts of the clouds. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- As I approached I found Dejah Thoris lying prone upon her silks and furs, her lithe form wracked with sobs. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
Editor: Ryan