Wrack
81rack, wrack — You didn t need a medical diploma to see that Williams was wracked with pain (New York Times). Wrack is an archaic variant of wreck and now almost never appears except in the expression wrack and ruin. Rack, the word intended in the quotation …
82go\ to\ wrack\ and\ ruin — v. phr. To fall apart and be ruined; to become useless. The barn went to wrack and ruin after the farmer moved. The car will soon go to wrack and ruin standing out in all kinds of weather …
83nerve-wrack|ing — nerve rack|ing or nerve wrack|ing «NURV RAK ihng», adjective. extremely irritating; causing great annoyance; very tiring: »a nerve racking day at the office. He felt cool and alert,…and, the nerve racking hours of waiting past, he listened for… …
84nerve´-wrack´ing|ly — nerve rack|ing or nerve wrack|ing «NURV RAK ihng», adjective. extremely irritating; causing great annoyance; very tiring: »a nerve racking day at the office. He felt cool and alert,…and, the nerve racking hours of waiting past, he listened for… …
85Grass wrack — Grass Grass, n. [OE. gras, gres, gers, AS, gr[ae]s, g[ae]rs; akin to OFries. gres, gers, OS., D., G., Icel., & Goth. gras, Dan. gr[ae]s, Sw. gr[aum]s, and prob. to E. green, grow. Cf. {Graze}.] 1. Popularly: Herbage; the plants which constitute… …
86sea wrack — Zostera os te*ra, n. [NL.] (Bot.) A genus of plants of the {Naiadace[ae]}, or Pondweed family. {Zostera marina} is commonly known as {sea wrack}, and {eelgrass}. [1913 Webster] …
87flat wrack — noun spiral wrack …
88spiral wrack — noun A species of seaweed, Fucus spiralis, living on the Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America. Syn: flat wrack …
89rack (or wrack) one's brains — make a great mental effort. → rack …
90go to wrack and ruin — go to rack/wrack and ruin old fashioned if a building goes to rack and ruin, its condition becomes very bad because no one is taking care of it. She s let that house go to rack and ruin since Clive died …
