rack vs wrack
Definitions
noun
- the destruction or collapse of something
- a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately
- a support for displaying various articles
- framework for holding objects
- rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton
verb
- torment emotionally or mentally
- stretch to the limits
- run before a gale
- work on a rack
- fly in high wind
Examples
Spending on a perennial effort to expand gambling at race tracks, known as "racino," increased four-fold to about $620,000 in 2010.
The CDC asks states to report confirmed flu deaths by age group but not by subtype, meaning H1N1 deaths are not necessarily tracked.
‘On the 18th, we were ‘invaded’ by a flock of over 100 mixed redwings, grackles, starlings, and cowbirds that ate everything in sight and emptied the bird bath in minutes!’
Definitions
noun
- the destruction or collapse of something
- growth of marine vegetation especially of the large forms such as rockweeds and kelp
- dried seaweed especially that cast ashore
verb
- smash or break forcefully
Examples
Fascinated with the meeting of memory and language, adept at conjuring states of mind, and haunted by the violence wracking his homeland, Hemon is a stoic tragedian and a brilliant satirist.
Yet before engaging in courteous battle of wits with the Welsh Windbag, I had seen the famous Silk pacing the small Robing Room at Lincoln Castle wracked with nerves before going into bat against an acknowledged second-rater of a judge.
Need-wrack and grim nithing, of night-bales the greatest.
