wracks

verb

Meaning

To place in or hang on a rack.
To torture (someone) on the rack.
To cause (someone) to suffer pain.
To stretch or strain; to harass, or oppress by extortion.
To put the balls into the triangular rack and set them in place on the table.
To strike a male in the testicles.
To stretch a person's joints.
To drive; move; go forward rapidly; stir
To fly, as vapour or broken clouds
To clarify, and thereby deter further fermentation of, beer, wine or cider by draining or siphoning it from the dregs.
(of a horse) To amble fast, causing a rocking or swaying motion of the body; to pace.
Vengeance; revenge; persecution; punishment; consequence; trouble.
(except in dialects) Ruin; destruction.
The remains; a wreck.
To execute vengeance; avenge.
To worry; tease; torment.
Remnant from a shipwreck as washed ashore, or the right to claim such items.
Any marine vegetation cast up on shore, especially seaweed of the genus Fucus.
Weeds, vegetation or rubbish floating on a river or pond.
A high flying cloud; a rack.
To wreck, especially a ship (usually in passive).

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