late 14c., "wrecked ship, shipwreck," probably from Middle Dutch wrak "wreck," from Proto-Germanic *wrakaz-, from root *wreg- "to push, shove drive" (see wreak). The root [..]

"to ruin or wreck" (originally of ships), 1560s, from earlier intransitive sense "to be shipwrecked" (late 15c.), from wrack (n.). Often confused in this sense since 16c. with rack [..]

(n) dried seaweed especially that cast ashore(n) the destruction or collapse of something(n) growth of marine vegetation especially of the large forms such as rockweeds and kelp(v) smash or break forc [..]

Algae, plant and animal matter, and drift material (including solid wastes and other pollutants) that accumulate on beaches, usually at the high tide mark.

Thin, ragged, fast-moving clouds. 2. Seaweed thrown ashore by sea. 3. To destroy by wave action. 4. Old form of 'wreck'.

(1) To destroy by wave action. (2) Seaweed thrown ashore by sea.

(1) To destroy by wave action. (2) Seaweed thrown ashore by sea.

(archaic,dialectal|or|literary) Vengeance; revenge; persecution; punishment; consequence; trouble. (archaic,except in dialects) Ruin; destruction. The remains; a wreck.