Wracked Meaning

Wracked Meaning


Construction simulator 2015 gépigény. As a verb, rack can mean to display on a rack, to torture someone on a rack (or to cause pain in general), or to gather or accumulate something. Wrack can also be a noun and a verb. As a noun, it can be a wreckage, a wrecked ship, the leftovers of something destroyed, destruction itself, and kelp and dry seaweed. Usage: The use of the spelling wrack rather than rack in sentences such as she was wracked by grief or the country was wracked by civil war is very common but is thought by many people to be incorrect.

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Related to wrack: bladder wrack, wrack and ruin

wrack

damage or destruction: wrack and ruin
Not to be confused with:
rack – framework; spread out; torture: they put the prisoner on the rack

wrack 1

also rack(răk)n.
Destruction or ruin. Used chiefly in the phrase wrack and ruin.
[Middle English, from Old English wræc, punishment (influenced by Middle Dutch wrak, shipwreck).]

wrack 2

also rack(răk)n.1.
b. Chiefly British Violent destruction of a building or vehicle.
2.
b. Any of various brown algae, especially rockweed or kelp.
v.wracked, wrack·ing, wracks also racked or rack·ing or racks
v.tr.
v.intr.
[Middle English wrak, from Middle Dutch.]

wrack 3

(răk)
tr.v.wracked, wrack·ing, wracks
Idiom:
wrack (one's) brains/brain
[Influenced by wrack.]

wrack 4

(răk)
n.

wrack

(ræk) or

rack

n
1. collapse or destruction (esp in the phrase wrack and ruin)
vb
[Old English wræc persecution, misery; related to Gothic wraka, Old Norse rāk. Compare wreck, wretch]
Usage: The use of the spelling wrack rather than rack in sentences such as she was wracked by grief or the country was wracked by civil war is very common but is thought by many people to be incorrect

wrack

(ræk) n
1. (Plants) seaweed or other marine vegetation that is floating in the sea or has been cast ashore
2. (Plants) any of various seaweeds of the genus Fucus, such as F. serratus (serrated wrack)
3. literaryordialect
b. a remnant or fragment of something destroyed
[C14 (in the sense: a wrecked ship, wreckage, hence later applied to marine vegetation washed ashore): perhaps from Middle Dutch wrak wreckage; the term corresponds to Old English wræc wrack1]

wrack1

(ræk)
n.
2. wreck or wreckage.
3. a trace of something destroyed: leaving not a wrack behind.
4. seaweed or other vegetation cast on the shore.
v.t. Wracked
5. to wreck: He wracked the car up on the river road.
[before 900; Middle English wrak (n.), Old English wræc vengeance, misery, akin to wracu vengeance, misery, wrecan to wreak]

wrack2

(ræk)
n., v.i.

wrack


Past participle: wracked
Gerund: wracking
Imperative
wrack
wrack
Present
I wrack
you wrack
he/she/it wracks
we wrack
you wrack
they wrack
Preterite
I wracked
you wracked
he/she/it wracked
we wracked
you wracked
they wracked
Present Continuous
I am wracking
you are wracking
he/she/it is wracking
we are wracking
you are wracking
they are wracking
Present Perfect
I have wracked
you have wracked
he/she/it has wracked
we have wracked
you have wracked
they have wracked
Past Continuous
I was wracking
you were wracking
he/she/it was wracking
we were wracking
you were wracking
they were wracking
Past Perfect
I had wracked
you had wracked
he/she/it had wracked
we had wracked
you had wracked
they had wracked
Future
I will wrack
you will wrack
he/she/it will wrack
we will wrack
you will wrack
they will wrack
Future Perfect
I will have wracked
you will have wracked
he/she/it will have wracked
we will have wracked
you will have wracked
they will have wracked
Future Continuous
I will be wracking
you will be wracking
he/she/it will be wracking
we will be wracking
you will be wracking
they will be wracking
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been wracking
you have been wracking
he/she/it has been wracking
we have been wracking
you have been wracking
they have been wracking
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been wracking
you will have been wracking
he/she/it will have been wracking
we will have been wracking
you will have been wracking
they will have been wracking
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been wracking
you had been wracking
he/she/it had been wracking
we had been wracking
you had been wracking
they had been wracking
Conditional
I would wrack
you would wrack
he/she/it would wrack
we would wrack
you would wrack
they would wrack
Past Conditional
I would have wracked
you would have wracked
he/she/it would have wracked
we would have wracked
you would have wracked
they would have wracked
Noun1.wrack - dried seaweed especially that cast ashore
seaweed - plant growing in the sea, especially marine algae
2.wrack - the destruction or collapse of something; 'wrack and ruin'
demolition, wipeout, destruction - an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something
3.wrack - growth of marine vegetation especially of the large forms such as rockweeds and kelp
seaweed - plant growing in the sea, especially marine algae
Verb1.wrack - smash or break forcefully; 'The kid busted up the car'
ruin, destroy - destroy completely; damage irreparably; 'You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!'; 'The tears ruined her make-up'

wrack 1

nounThe act of destroying or state of being destroyed:
bane, destruction, devastation, havoc, ruin, ruination, undoing, wreck, wreckage.

wrack 2

noun
The remains of something destroyed, disintegrated, or decayed:
verbTo cause the complete ruin or wreckage of:
bankrupt, break down, cross up, demolish, destroy, finish, ruin, shatter, sink, smash, spoil, torpedo, undo, wash up, wreck.
Idiom: put the kibosh on.

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