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wrack
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wrack
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wrack
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Wrack
(gcide) | Wrack \Wrack\, n.
A thin, flying cloud; a rack.
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Wrack
(gcide) | Wrack \Wrack\, v. t.
To rack; to torment. [R.]
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Wrack
(gcide) | Wrack \Wrack\, n. [OE. wrak wreck. See Wreck.]
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1. Wreck; ruin; destruction. [Obs.] --Chaucer. "A world
devote to universal wrack." --Milton.
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2. Any marine vegetation cast up on the shore, especially
plants of the genera Fucus, Laminaria, and Zostera,
which are most abundant on northern shores.
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3. (Bot.) Coarse seaweed of any kind.
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Wrack grass, or Grass wrack (Bot.), eelgrass.
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Wrack
(gcide) | Wrack \Wrack\, v. t.
To wreck. [Obs.] --Dryden.
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wrack
(gcide) | Wreck \Wreck\, n. [OE. wrak, AS. wr[ae]c exile, persecution,
misery, from wrecan to drive out, punish; akin to D. wrak,
adj., damaged, brittle, n., a wreck, wraken to reject, throw
off, Icel. rek a thing drifted ashore, Sw. vrak refuse, a
wreck, Dan. vrag. See Wreak, v. t., and cf. Wrack a
marine plant.] [Written also wrack.]
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1. The destruction or injury of a vessel by being cast on
shore, or on rocks, or by being disabled or sunk by the
force of winds or waves; shipwreck.
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Hard and obstinate
As is a rock amidst the raging floods,
'Gainst which a ship, of succor desolate,
Doth suffer wreck, both of herself and goods.
--Spenser.
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2. Destruction or injury of anything, especially by violence;
ruin; as, the wreck of a railroad train.
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The wreck of matter and the crush of worlds.
--Addison.
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Its intellectual life was thus able to go on amidst
the wreck of its political life. --J. R. Green.
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3. The ruins of a ship stranded; a ship dashed against rocks
or land, and broken, or otherwise rendered useless, by
violence and fracture; as, they burned the wreck.
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4. The remain of anything ruined or fatally injured.
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To the fair haven of my native home,
The wreck of what I was, fatigued I come. --Cowper.
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5. (Law) Goods, etc., which, after a shipwreck, are cast upon
the land by the sea. --Bouvier.
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wrack
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n 1: dried seaweed especially that cast ashore
2: the destruction or collapse of something; "wrack and ruin"
[syn: wrack, rack]
3: growth of marine vegetation especially of the large forms
such as rockweeds and kelp [syn: sea wrack, wrack]
v 1: smash or break forcefully; "The kid busted up the car"
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grass wrack
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nerve-wracking
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sea wrack
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serrated wrack
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wrack
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Bladder wrack
(gcide) | Bladder \Blad"der\ (bl[a^]d"d[~e]r), n. [OE. bladder, bleddre,
AS. bl[=ae]dre, bl[=ae]ddre; akin to Icel. bla[eth]ra, SW.
bl[aum]ddra, Dan. bl[ae]re, D. blaar, OHG. bl[=a]tara the
bladder in the body of animals, G. blatter blister, bustule;
all fr. the same root as AS. bl[=a]wan, E. blow, to puff. See
Blow to puff.]
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1. (Anat.) A bag or sac in animals, which serves as the
receptacle of some fluid; as, the urinary bladder; the
gall bladder; -- applied especially to the urinary
bladder, either within the animal, or when taken out and
inflated with air.
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2. Any vesicle or blister, especially if filled with air, or
a thin, watery fluid.
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3. (Bot.) A distended, membranaceous pericarp.
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4. Anything inflated, empty, or unsound. "To swim with
bladders of philosophy." --Rochester.
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Bladder nut, or Bladder tree (Bot.), a genus of plants
(Staphylea) with bladderlike seed pods.
Bladder pod (Bot.), a genus of low herbs (Vesicaria) with
inflated seed pods.
Bladdor senna (Bot.), a genus of shrubs (Colutea), with
membranaceous, inflated pods.
Bladder worm (Zool.), the larva of any species of tapeworm
(T[ae]nia), found in the flesh or other parts of
animals. See Measle, Cysticercus.
Bladder wrack (Bot.), the common black rock weed of the
seacoast (Fucus nodosus and Fucus vesiculosus) --
called also bladder tangle. See Wrack.
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bladderwrack
(gcide) | bladderwrack \bladderwrack\ n.
1. similar to and found with black rockweed.
Syn: Ascophyllum nodosum.
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2. common black rockweed used in preparing kelp and as
manure.
Syn: black rockweed, bladder fucus, tang, Fucus vesiculosus.
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Grass wrack
(gcide) | Barnyard grass, for hay. South. Panicum Grus-galli. Bent,
pasture and hay. Agrostis, several species. Bermuda grass,
pasture. South. Cynodon Dactylon. Black bent. Same as {Switch
grass} (below). Blue bent, hay. North and West. {Andropogon
provincialis}. Blue grass, pasture. Poa compressa. Blue joint,
hay. Northwest. Aqropyrum glaucum. Buffalo grass, grazing.
Rocky Mts., etc.
(a) Buchlo["e] dectyloides.
(b) Same as Grama grass (below). Bunch grass, grazing.
Far West. Eriocoma, Festuca, Stips, etc. Chess,
or Cheat, a weed. Bromus secalinus, etc. Couch
grass. Same as Quick grass (below). Crab grass,
(a) Hay, in South. A weed, in North. Panicum sanguinale.
(b) Pasture and hay. South. Eleusine Indica. Darnel
(a) Bearded, a noxious weed. Lolium temulentum.
(b) Common. Same as Rye grass (below). Drop seed, fair
for forage and hay. Muhlenbergia, several species.
English grass. Same as Redtop (below). Fowl meadow
grass.
(a) Pasture and hay. Poa serotina.
(b) Hay, on moist land. Gryceria nervata. Gama grass,
cut fodder. South. Tripsacum dactyloides. Grama
grass, grazing. West and Pacific slope. {Bouteloua
oligostachya}, etc. Great bunch grass, pasture and
hay. Far West. Festuca scabrella. Guinea grass, hay.
South. Panicum jumentorum. Herd's grass, in New
England Timothy, in Pennsylvania and South Redtop.
Indian grass. Same as Wood grass (below). Italian
rye grass, forage and hay. Lolium Italicum. Johnson
grass, grazing and hay. South and Southwest. {Sorghum
Halepense}. Kentucky blue grass, pasture. {Poa
pratensis}. Lyme grass, coarse hay. South. Elymus,
several species. Manna grass, pasture and hay.
Glyceria, several species. Meadow fescue, pasture
and hay. Festuca elatior. Meadow foxtail, pasture,
hay, lawn. North. Alopecurus pratensis. Meadow
grass, pasture, hay, lawn. Poa, several species.
Mesquite grass, or Muskit grass. Same as Grama grass
(above). Nimble Will, a kind of drop seed.
Muhlenbergia diffsa. Orchard grass, pasture and hay.
Dactylis glomerata. Porcupine grass, troublesome to
sheep. Northwest. Stipa spartea. Quaking grass,
ornamental. Briza media and maxima. Quitch, or
Quick, grass, etc., a weed. Agropyrum repens. Ray
grass. Same as Rye grass (below). Redtop, pasture
and hay. Agrostis vulgaris. Red-topped buffalo
grass, forage. Northwest. Poa tenuifolia. Reed
canary grass, of slight value. Phalaris arundinacea.
Reed meadow grass, hay. North. Glyceria aquatica.
Ribbon grass, a striped leaved form of {Reed canary
grass}. Rye grass, pasture, hay. Lolium perenne,
var. Seneca grass, fragrant basket work, etc. North.
Hierochloa borealis. Sesame grass. Same as {Gama
grass} (above). Sheep's fescue, sheep pasture, native
in Northern Europe and Asia. Festuca ovina. Small
reed grass, meadow pasture and hay. North. {Deyeuxia
Canadensis}. Spear grass, Same as Meadow grass
(above). Squirrel-tail grass, troublesome to animals.
Seacoast and Northwest. Hordeum jubatum. Switch
grass, hay, cut young. Panicum virgatum. Timothy,
cut young, the best of hay. North. Phleum pratense.
Velvet grass, hay on poor soil. South. {Holcus
lanatus}. Vernal grass, pasture, hay, lawn.
Anthoxanthum odoratum. Wire grass, valuable in
pastures. Poa compressa. Wood grass, Indian grass,
hay. Chrysopogon nutans.
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Note: Many plants are popularly called grasses which are not
true grasses botanically considered, such as black
grass, goose grass, star grass, etc.
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Black grass, a kind of small rush (Juncus Gerardi),
growing in salt marshes, used for making salt hay.
Grass of the Andes, an oat grass, the {Arrhenatherum
avenaceum} of Europe.
Grass of Parnassus, a plant of the genus Parnassia
growing in wet ground. The European species is {Parnassia
palustris}; in the United States there are several
species.
Grass bass (Zool.), the calico bass.
Grass bird, the dunlin.
Grass cloth, a cloth woven from the tough fibers of the
grass-cloth plant.
Grass-cloth plant, a perennial herb of the Nettle family
(B[oe]hmeria nivea syn. Urtica nivea), which grows in
Sumatra, China, and Assam, whose inner bark has fine and
strong fibers suited for textile purposes.
Grass finch. (Zool.)
(a) A common American sparrow ({Po["o]c[ae]tes
gramineus}); -- called also vesper sparrow and
bay-winged bunting.
(b) Any Australian finch, of the genus Po["e]phila, of
which several species are known.
Grass lamb, a lamb suckled by a dam running on pasture land
and giving rich milk.
Grass land, land kept in grass and not tilled.
Grass moth (Zool.), one of many small moths of the genus
Crambus, found in grass.
Grass oil, a fragrant essential volatile oil, obtained in
India from grasses of the genus Andropogon, etc.; --
used in perfumery under the name of citronella, {ginger
grass oil}, lemon grass oil, essence of verbena etc.
Grass owl (Zool.), a South African owl (Strix Capensis).
Grass parrakeet (Zool.), any of several species of
Australian parrots, of the genus Euphemia; -- also
applied to the zebra parrakeet.
Grass plover (Zool.), the upland or field plover.
Grass poly (Bot.), a species of willowwort ({Lythrum
Hyssopifolia}). --Johnson.
Crass quit (Zool.), one of several tropical American
finches of the genus Euetheia. The males have most of
the head and chest black and often marked with yellow.
Grass snake. (Zool.)
(a) The common English, or ringed, snake ({Tropidonotus
natrix}).
(b) The common green snake of the Northern United States.
See Green snake, under Green.
Grass snipe (Zool.), the pectoral sandpiper ({Tringa
maculata}); -- called also jacksnipe in America.
Grass spider (Zool.), a common spider (Agelena n[ae]via),
which spins flat webs on grass, conspicuous when covered
with dew.
Grass sponge (Zool.), an inferior kind of commercial sponge
from Florida and the Bahamas.
Grass table. (Arch.) See Earth table, under Earth.
Grass vetch (Bot.), a vetch (Lathyrus Nissolia), with
narrow grasslike leaves.
Grass widow. [Cf. Prov. R. an unmarried mother, G.
strohwittwe a mock widow, Sw. gr[aum]senka a grass widow.]
(a) An unmarried woman who is a mother. [Obs.]
(b) A woman separated from her husband by abandonment or
prolonged absence; a woman living apart from her
husband. [Slang.]
Grass wrack (Bot.) eelgrass.
To bring to grass (Mining.), to raise, as ore, to the
surface of the ground.
To put to grass, To put out to grass, to put out to graze
a season, as cattle.
[1913 Webster]Wrack \Wrack\, n. [OE. wrak wreck. See Wreck.]
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1. Wreck; ruin; destruction. [Obs.] --Chaucer. "A world
devote to universal wrack." --Milton.
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2. Any marine vegetation cast up on the shore, especially
plants of the genera Fucus, Laminaria, and Zostera,
which are most abundant on northern shores.
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3. (Bot.) Coarse seaweed of any kind.
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Wrack grass, or Grass wrack (Bot.), eelgrass.
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Hornwrack
(gcide) | Hornwrack \Horn"wrack`\, n. (Zool.)
A bryozoan of the genus Flustra.
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nerve-racking nerve-wracking stressful trying
(gcide) | Ill-natured \Ill`-na"tured\, a.
1. Of habitual bad temper; having an unpleasant disposition;
surly; disagreeable; cross; peevish; fractious; crabbed;
-- of people; as, an ill-natured person; an ill-natured
disagreeable old man. Opposite of good-natured.
[Narrower terms: {argumentative, contentious,
disputatious, disputative, litigious : {atrabilious,
bilious, dyspeptic, liverish : {bristly, prickly,
snappish, splenetic, waspish : {cantankerous, crotchety,
ornery : {choleric, irascible, hotheaded, hot-headed,
hot-tempered, quick-tempered, short-tempered : {crabbed,
crabby, cross, fussy, fussbudgety, grouchy, grumpy,
bad-tempered, ill-tempered}: {cranky, fractious,
irritable, peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, testy,
tetchy, techy : {crusty, curmudgeonly, gruff, ill-humored,
ill-humoured}: {dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose,
saturnine, sour, sullen : {feisty, touchy : {huffish,
sulky}: {misanthropic, misanthropical : {misogynous :
shirty, snorty ill-tempered or annoyed): {shrewish,
nagging, vixenish : surly, ugly ] Also See: {unpleasant.
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2. Dictated by, or indicating, ill nature; spiteful. "The
ill-natured task refuse." --Addison.
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3. Intractable; not yielding to culture. [R.] "Ill-natured
land." --J. Philips.
3. not to one's liking; unpleasant; disagreeable. Opposite of
agreeable. [WordNet sense 2] [Narrower terms: {annoying,
galling, chafing, irritating, nettlesome, pesky,
pestiferous, pestilent, plaguy, plaguey, teasing,
vexatious, vexing}; {nerve-racking, nerve-wracking,
stressful, trying ]
Syn: disagreeable.
[WordNet 1.5] -- Ill`-na"tured*ly, adv. --
Ill`-na"tured*ness, n.
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nerve-wracking
(gcide) | nerve-racking \nerve-racking\ (n[~e]rv"-r[a^]k`[i^]ng), adj.
Extremely irritating to the nerves; stressful; trying; as,
nerve-wracking noise. [Also spelled nerve-wracking.]
Syn: stressful, trying.
[WordNet 1.5]nerve-wracking \nerve-wracking\ (n[~e]rv"-r[a^]k`[i^]ng), adj.
Same as nerve-racking.
Syn: stressful, trying.
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Sea wrack
(gcide) | Sea wrack \Sea" wrack`\ (Bot.)
See Wrack.
[1913 Webster]Zostera \Zos"te*ra\, n. [NL.] (Bot.)
A genus of plants of the Naiadaceae, or Pondweed family.
Zostera marina is commonly known as sea wrack, and
eelgrass.
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sea wrack
(gcide) | Sea wrack \Sea" wrack`\ (Bot.)
See Wrack.
[1913 Webster]Zostera \Zos"te*ra\, n. [NL.] (Bot.)
A genus of plants of the Naiadaceae, or Pondweed family.
Zostera marina is commonly known as sea wrack, and
eelgrass.
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wrack
(gcide) | Wrack \Wrack\, n.
A thin, flying cloud; a rack.
[1913 Webster]Wrack \Wrack\, v. t.
To rack; to torment. [R.]
[1913 Webster]Wrack \Wrack\, n. [OE. wrak wreck. See Wreck.]
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1. Wreck; ruin; destruction. [Obs.] --Chaucer. "A world
devote to universal wrack." --Milton.
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2. Any marine vegetation cast up on the shore, especially
plants of the genera Fucus, Laminaria, and Zostera,
which are most abundant on northern shores.
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3. (Bot.) Coarse seaweed of any kind.
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Wrack grass, or Grass wrack (Bot.), eelgrass.
[1913 Webster]Wrack \Wrack\, v. t.
To wreck. [Obs.] --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]Wreck \Wreck\, n. [OE. wrak, AS. wr[ae]c exile, persecution,
misery, from wrecan to drive out, punish; akin to D. wrak,
adj., damaged, brittle, n., a wreck, wraken to reject, throw
off, Icel. rek a thing drifted ashore, Sw. vrak refuse, a
wreck, Dan. vrag. See Wreak, v. t., and cf. Wrack a
marine plant.] [Written also wrack.]
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1. The destruction or injury of a vessel by being cast on
shore, or on rocks, or by being disabled or sunk by the
force of winds or waves; shipwreck.
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Hard and obstinate
As is a rock amidst the raging floods,
'Gainst which a ship, of succor desolate,
Doth suffer wreck, both of herself and goods.
--Spenser.
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2. Destruction or injury of anything, especially by violence;
ruin; as, the wreck of a railroad train.
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The wreck of matter and the crush of worlds.
--Addison.
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Its intellectual life was thus able to go on amidst
the wreck of its political life. --J. R. Green.
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3. The ruins of a ship stranded; a ship dashed against rocks
or land, and broken, or otherwise rendered useless, by
violence and fracture; as, they burned the wreck.
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4. The remain of anything ruined or fatally injured.
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To the fair haven of my native home,
The wreck of what I was, fatigued I come. --Cowper.
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5. (Law) Goods, etc., which, after a shipwreck, are cast upon
the land by the sea. --Bouvier.
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Wrack grass
(gcide) | Wrack \Wrack\, n. [OE. wrak wreck. See Wreck.]
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1. Wreck; ruin; destruction. [Obs.] --Chaucer. "A world
devote to universal wrack." --Milton.
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2. Any marine vegetation cast up on the shore, especially
plants of the genera Fucus, Laminaria, and Zostera,
which are most abundant on northern shores.
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3. (Bot.) Coarse seaweed of any kind.
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Wrack grass, or Grass wrack (Bot.), eelgrass.
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Wrackful
(gcide) | Wrackful \Wrack"ful\, a.
Ruinous; destructive. [Obs.]
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bladderwrack
(wn) | bladderwrack
n 1: similar to and found with black rockweed [syn:
bladderwrack, Ascophyllum nodosum]
2: a common rockweed used in preparing kelp and as manure [syn:
bladderwrack, black rockweed, bladder fucus, tang,
Fucus vesiculosus] |
grass wrack
(wn) | grass wrack
n 1: submerged marine plant with very long narrow leaves found
in abundance along North Atlantic coasts [syn: eelgrass,
grass wrack, sea wrack, Zostera marina] |
nerve-wracking
(wn) | nerve-wracking
adj 1: extremely irritating to the nerves; "nerve-racking
noise"; "the stressful days before a war"; "a trying day
at the office" [syn: nerve-racking, nerve-wracking,
stressful, trying] |
sea wrack
(wn) | sea wrack
n 1: submerged marine plant with very long narrow leaves found
in abundance along North Atlantic coasts [syn: eelgrass,
grass wrack, sea wrack, Zostera marina]
2: growth of marine vegetation especially of the large forms
such as rockweeds and kelp [syn: sea wrack, wrack] |
serrated wrack
(wn) | serrated wrack
n 1: brown algae seaweed with serrated edges [syn: {serrated
wrack}, Fucus serratus, tang] |
wrack
(wn) | wrack
n 1: dried seaweed especially that cast ashore
2: the destruction or collapse of something; "wrack and ruin"
[syn: wrack, rack]
3: growth of marine vegetation especially of the large forms
such as rockweeds and kelp [syn: sea wrack, wrack]
v 1: smash or break forcefully; "The kid busted up the car"
[syn: bust up, wreck, wrack] |
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