thrack
/θɹæk/
thrack verb: to load or burden.
Verb
thrack (third-person singular simple present thracks, present participle thracking, simple past and past participle thracked)
- To load or burden.
- But certainly we shall one day find , that the strait gate is too narrow for any man to come bustling in , thrack'd with great possessions, and greater corruptions1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London
Forms of thrack
| third-person singular present | thracks |
|---|---|
| present participle | thracking |
| past participle | thracked |
| past | thracked |
Origin of thrack
From Middle English *threkken, thrucchen, from Old English þryccan (“to press, oppress, afflict”). More at thrutch.
Words that rhyme with thrack
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- plaque
- whack
- slack
- Cadillac
- swack
- thwack
- pac
- shack
- bivouac
- cack
- clack
- gack
- lack
- smack
- unpack
- wrack
- aback
- flak
- hark back
- mack
- claque
- flack
- knack
- quack
- shellac
- snack
- yak
- Aach
- ack
- gak
- mac
- Meshach
- multitrack
- plack
- snacc
- wack
- akh
- alack
- awrack
- brach
- cac
- Cayman Brac
- Chiraq
- cook back
- craic
- diclofenac
- dictionary attack
- dime back
Questions about thrack
- What does thrack mean?
- Thrack means to load or burden.
- What part of speech is thrack?
- Thrack is a verb.
- How do you pronounce thrack?
- Thrack is pronounced /θɹæk/.
- What is the past tense of thrack?
- The past tense of thrack is thracked.
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