wrack

(Inglese)

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.”).

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ɹæk/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: wrake

Ereditato da inglese antico: wracu

Ereditato da inglese antico: wrǣċ

Ereditato da inglese medio: -

Affine tedesco: Wrack

Affine norse antico: rek

Affine danese: vrag

Affine svedese: vrak

Affine inglese antico: wræc

Affine gotico: 𐍅𐍂𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽

Affine norse antico: 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.

Concetti

rovina

distruggere

sfasciare

scassare

rovinare

danno

distruzione

sinonimi

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

Traduzioni

goémon

varech

sargazo

ναυάγιο

fuco

zeewier

blaaswier

bruinwier

fucus

Tang

Wrack

verwoesten

destruir

destrozar

ruina