Definition of Wrack
Wrack
Wrack
Definition/Meaning
(verb)
To cause severe suffering or destruction to something or someone.
e.g. The hurricane will wrack the coastal cities with powerful winds.
(noun)
any of the large, coarse, brown seaweeds or marine plants;
e.g. The waves washed wrack from the sea up onto the beach.
(verb)
to wreck something, to completely destroy something;
e.g. The winds were strong enough to wrack the weak structure and blow it to the ground.
(verb)
to cause someone to suffer extreme pain, torture, or anguish, physical and/or mental;
e.g. His coughs wrack his body and make his chest hurt. The guilt had begun to wrack her and occupy her mind.
(verb)
to place or arrange things on/in a rigid frame or structure (a rack);
e.g. She began to wrack the clothes that people had returned to the store.
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