rack vs wrack

Definitions

noun

1. the destruction or collapse of something
2. a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately
3. a support for displaying various articles
4. framework for holding objects
5. rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton

verb

1. torment emotionally or mentally
2. stretch to the limits
3. run before a gale
4. work on a rack
5. 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.

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Definitions

noun

1. the destruction or collapse of something
2. growth of marine vegetation especially of the large forms such as rockweeds and kelp
3. dried seaweed especially that cast ashore

verb

1. 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.

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