wrack

C2
Pronunciation
/ɹæk/
Noun
7 definition(s)
1 Definition

Vengeance; revenge; persecution; punishment; consequence; trouble.

2 Definition

(except in dialects) Ruin; destruction.

3 Definition

The remains; a wreck.

4 Definition

Remnant from a shipwreck as washed ashore, or the right to claim such items.

5 Definition

Any marine vegetation cast up on shore, especially seaweed of the genus Fucus.

6 Definition

Weeds, vegetation or rubbish floating on a river or pond.

7 Definition

A high flying cloud; a rack.

Verb
19 definition(s)
1 Definition

To execute vengeance; avenge.

2 Definition

To worry; tease; torment.

3 Definition

To place in or hang on a rack.

4 Definition

To torture (someone) on the rack.

5 Definition

To cause (someone) to suffer pain.

6 Definition

To stretch or strain; to harass, or oppress by extortion.

7 Definition

To put the balls into the triangular rack and set them in place on the table.

Synonyms
rack up
8 Definition

To strike a male in the testicles.

9 Definition

To (manually) load (a round of ammunition) from the magazine or belt into firing position in an automatic or semiautomatic firearm.

10 Definition

To move the slide bar on a shotgun in order to chamber the next round.

11 Definition

To wash (metals, ore, etc.) on a rack.

12 Definition

To bind together, as two ropes, with cross turns of yarn, marline, etc.

13 Definition

(structural engineering) Tending to shear a structure (that is, force it to move in different directions at different points).

Synonyms
shear
Example Sentences
  • Post-and-lintel construction racks easily.
14 Definition

To stretch a person's joints.

15 Definition

To drive; move; go forward rapidly; stir

16 Definition

To fly, as vapour or broken clouds

17 Definition

To clarify, and thereby deter further fermentation of, beer, wine or cider by draining or siphoning it from the dregs.

18 Definition

(of a horse) To amble fast, causing a rocking or swaying motion of the body; to pace.

19 Definition

To wreck, especially a ship (usually in passive).