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What does wrack mean?

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Noun
  1. (literary) Vengeance; revenge; persecution; punishment; consequence; trouble.
  2. (archaic, except in dialects) Ruin; destruction.
  3. The remains; a wreck.
Verb
  1. (Britain dialectal, transitive) To execute vengeance; avenge.
  2. (Britain dialectal, transitive) To worry; tease; torment.
Noun
  1. (archaic) Remnant from a shipwreck as washed ashore, or the right to claim such items.
  2. Any marine vegetation cast up on shore, especially seaweed of the genus Fucus.
  3. Weeds, vegetation or rubbish floating on a river or pond.
  4. A high flying cloud; a rack.
Verb
  1. (transitive) To wreck, especially a ship (usually in passive).
  2. Alternative form of rack To cause to suffer pain, etc.
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