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wrack

/ɹæk/

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noun

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

Examples :

"The office gossip eventually faced the wrack of her supervisor, who reassigned her to a less desirable role as punishment for spreading false rumors. "

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(except in dialects) Ruin; destruction.

Examples :

"The hurricane left the coastal town in complete wrack. "

disaster negative suffering

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The remains; a wreck.

Examples :

"The only wrack left after the car accident was twisted metal and shattered glass. "

disaster nautical environment

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verb

To execute vengeance; avenge.

Examples :

"After being unfairly fired, Sarah vowed to wrack vengeance upon her former boss by exposing his unethical business practices. "

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To worry; tease; torment.

Examples :

"The constant noise from the construction outside their apartment began to wrack their nerves. "

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To place in or hang on a rack.

Examples :

"The blacksmith will wrack the hot iron to shape it precisely. "

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To torture (someone) on the rack.

Examples :

"The cruel jailers threatened to wrack the prisoner until he confessed. "

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To cause (someone) to suffer pain.

Examples :

"The guilt over lying to her best friend began to wrack her conscience. "

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

Examples :

"The demanding workload began to wrack him, leaving him exhausted and constantly stressed. "

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

Examples :

"Before the pool game, please wrack the balls tightly in the triangle. "

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To strike a male in the testicles.

Examples :

"The bully tried to wrack him during the fight. "

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

Examples :

"He had to wrack a round into the old rifle because the automatic feed was broken. "

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

Examples :

"He had to wrack the shotgun to load another shell after missing the clay pigeon. "

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

Examples :

"The miner would wrack the ore after crushing it, separating the valuable minerals from the waste rock. "

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

Examples :

"The sailor used marline to wrack the two frayed ropes together, creating a stronger, temporary hold. "

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

Examples :

"Post-and-lintel construction racks easily."

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To stretch a person's joints.

Examples :

"The doctor will wrack my shoulder joint to see if it's dislocated after the fall. "

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verb

To drive; move; go forward rapidly; stir

Examples :

"The wind wracked the sailboat across the lake, pushing it quickly toward the shore. "

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To fly, as vapour or broken clouds

Examples :

"The storm had passed, and now the ragged clouds began to wrack across the sky, revealing patches of blue. "

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

Examples :

"After several weeks of fermentation, the homebrewer will wrack the beer, carefully siphoning it into a clean container to leave the sediment behind and prevent off-flavors. "

drink food process industry

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

Examples :

"The old mare began to wrack along the dirt road, her gait surprisingly quick despite her age, as we headed back to the stable. "

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noun

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

Examples :

"After the storm, villagers searched the beach for any wrack they could salvage from the sunken cargo ship. "

nautical ocean property disaster right

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noun

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

Examples :

"After the storm, the beach was covered in wrack. "

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noun

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

Examples :

"After the storm, the pond was covered in wrack: broken branches, leaves, and other debris. "

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A high flying cloud; a rack.

Examples :

"The shepherd pointed to the sky, noting the approaching storm signaled by the growing wrack, and hurried his flock towards the barn. "

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verb

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

Examples :

"The storm wracked the small fishing boat against the rocky shore. "

nautical sailing disaster ocean