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weeds, vegetation or rubbish floating on a river or pond
high, flying clouds; a rack
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Alternative form of rack(“to cause to suffer pain, etc.”)
Usage notes
Frequently confused with rack(“torture; suffer pain”), though traditionally means “wreck”. Etymologically, wrack and ruin(“complete destruction”) and storm-wracked(“wrecked by a storm”) are the only terms that derive from wrack, rather than rack. However in usage forms such as nerve-wracking are common, and considered acceptable by some authorities; see usage notes for rack.