wrack

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

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

Verb

1. (transitive) To wreck, especially a ship.
2. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of rack (“to cause to suffer pain, etc.”).

Sinonieme

ruin

wreck

shipwreck

seaweed

kelp

rack

sea wrack

brown alga

ruination

knock out

destruction

devastation

bust up

calamity

break

destroy

exterminate

fall

harass

havoc

interdict

key

🔑

kill

🔪🩸👤

nuke

obliterate

perdition

plague

plunder

pulverise

ravage

raze

shatter

smash up

subvert

torment

total

vandalise

vandalize

vaporize

vraic

wreckage

cut to ribbons

lay waste to

sea tang

annihilate

sea moss

bane

bang up

batter down

blast

Vertalings

goémon

varech

ναυάγιο

sargazo

bruinwier

zeewier

blaaswier

fucus

rovina

Tang

fuco

Wrack

sfasciare

verwoesten

destruir

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ɹæk/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: wrake

Geërf van Old English: wracu

Geërf van Old English: wrǣċ

Geërf van Middle English: -

Verwante met Duits: Wrack

Verwante met Old Norse: rek

Verwante met Deens: vrag

Verwante met Sweeds: vrak

Verwante met Old English: wræc

Verwante met Goties: 𐍅𐍂𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽

Verwante met Old Norse: reka

In summary

From Middle English wrake, wrache, wreche, from a merger of Old English wracu, wræc (“misery, suffering”) and Old English wrǣċ (“vengeance, revenge”). See also wrake.