Definition of "wrack" in English

noun

1. (archaic, dialectal or literary) Vengeance; revenge; persecution; punishment; consequence; trouble.

2. (archaic, except in dialects) Ruin; destruction.

3. The remains of something; a wreck.

verb

1. (UK dialectal, transitive) To execute vengeance on; avenge.

2. (UK dialectal, transitive) To worry; tease; torment.

noun

1. Remnant from a shipwreck as washed ashore; flotsam or jetsam.

2. The right to claim such items.

3. Any marine vegetation cast up on shore, especially seaweed of the family Fucaceae.

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

5. A high, flying cloud; a rack.

verb

1. (transitive, usually passive voice) To wreck, especially a ship.

2. Alternative form of rack (“to cause to suffer pain, etc.”).