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.
Consumers get incredibly upset when dieticians and researchers backtrack on previous findings, proclaiming that products once deemed healthy are now in question.
We lapped the track a few times at a walk, trot and canter and the horse went through it pretty smoothly.
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
Need-wrack and grim nithing, of night-bales the greatest.
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.
Speaking in public can be a nerve-wracking experience.