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.”).

Concepten

blaaswier

bruinwier

zeewier

verwoesten

vernietigen

wraak

slopen

zeegras

Synoniemen

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

Vertalingen

goémon

varech

sargazo

ναυάγιο

fucus

Tang

rovina

fuco

ruina

sfasciare

destrozar

destruir

Wrack

distruggere

enkaz

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ɹæk/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: wrake

Overgenomen van Oudengels: wracu

Overgenomen van Oudengels: wrǣċ

Overgenomen van Middelengels: -

Verwant aan Duits: Wrack

Verwant aan Oudnoors: rek

Verwant aan Deens: vrag

Verwant aan Zweeds: vrak

Verwant aan Oudengels: wræc

Verwant aan Gothisch: 𐍅𐍂𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽

Verwant aan Oudnoors: 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.