RACK (OR WRACK) ONE'S BRAINS

Meaning of RACK (OR WRACK) ONE'S BRAINS in English

rack ( or wrack) one's brains

make a great mental effort.

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WRACK — I. noun Etymology: Middle English wrak, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German; akin to Old English wræc something driven …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WRACK — I. noun also rack ˈrak ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English wræc; akin to Old English wrecan …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
RACK — I. ˈrak noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English rac, rak; probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian & Swedish …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OR — I. _ə(r), (|)ȯ(ə)r, (|)ȯ(ə), in southern US also (|)ä(r) conjunction Etymology: Middle English other, or, from Old English oththe, oththa, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ONE — I. |wən adjective Etymology: Middle English oon, on, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BRAINS — plural of brain present third singular of brain
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WRACK — (v. t.) To wreck.
Английский словарь Webster
WRACK — (n.) Coarse seaweed of any kind.
Английский словарь Webster
WRACK — (n.) Any marine vegetation cast up on the shore, especially plants of the genera Fucus, Laminaria, and Zostera, which are …
Английский словарь Webster
WRACK — (n.) Wreck; ruin; destruction.
Английский словарь Webster
WRACK — (v. t.) To rack; to torment.
Английский словарь Webster
WRACK — (n.) A thin, flying cloud; a rack.
Английский словарь Webster
WRACK — ( v. t. ) To wreck.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WRACK — ( v. t. ) To rack; to torment.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WRACK — ( n. ) Wreck; ruin; destruction.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WRACK — wrack 1 /rak/ , n. 1. wreck or wreckage. 2. damage or destruction: wrack and ruin. 3. a trace of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
RACK — rack 1 — rackingly , adv. /rak/ , n. 1. a framework of bars, wires, or pegs on which articles …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ONE — /wun/ , adj. 1. being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BRAINS — n. intelligence, sense
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
RACK — I. ˈrak noun Etymology: Middle English rak rain cloud, rapid movement Date: 14th century : a wind-driven mass of high …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ONE — I. ˈwən adjective Etymology: Middle English on, an, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WRACK — noun wreck; ruin; destruction. 2. wrack ·noun coarse seaweed of any kind. 3. wrack ·noun a thin, flying cloud; a …
Webster English vocab
RACK — noun a fast amble. 2. rack ·noun a wreck; destruction. 3. rack ·adj a grate on which bacon is laid. …
Webster English vocab
BRAINS — the substance of an animal's brain used as food. → brain
Concise Oxford English vocab
WRACK — [wrack] n [ME wrak, fr. MD or MLG; akin to OE wraec something driven by the sea] (14c) 1 a: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
RACK — [rack] n [ME rak, prob. of Scand origin; akin to Sw dial. rak wreck; akin to OE wrecan to drive--more …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WRACK — wrack BrE AmE ræk (= rack) ▷ wracked rækt ▷ wracking ˈræk ɪŋ ▷ wracks ræks
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
RACK — / ræk; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. (often in compounds) a piece of equipment, usually made of …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WRACK — wrack /ræk/ BrE AmE verb [transitive] [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Origin: ⇨ ↑ rack 1 'to punish on the rack' …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
RACK — I. rack 1 /ræk/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Sense 1-3,5-7: Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Middle Dutch ; Origin: rec …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OR — or S1 W1 /ə; strong ɔː $ ər strong ɔːr/ BrE AmE conjunction [ Language: Old English ; Origin: oththe …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ONE — I. one 1 S1 W1 /wʌn/ BrE AmE number 1 . the number 1: They had one daughter. one hundred …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
RACK — n. & v. --n. 1 a a framework usu. with rails, bars, hooks, etc., for holding or storing things. b …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OR — conj. 1 a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
RACK — n. & v. n. 1 a a framework usu. with rails, bars, hooks, etc., for holding or storing things. b …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OR — conj. 1 a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ONE — adj., n., & pron. adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
RACK — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. a a framework usu. with rails, bars, hooks, etc., for holding or storing things. …
Oxford English vocab
OR — 1.conj. 1. a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Oxford English vocab
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1. single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Oxford English vocab
RACK — ( racks, racking, racked) Note: The spelling 'wrack' is also used, mainly for meanings 2 and 3, and mainly in …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OR — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use or to link two …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONE — ( ones) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. One is the number …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RACK — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bike rack (= a metal frame that you can attach your bike to …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ONE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WRACK — [noun] - go to wrack/rack and ruin, see rack (DECAY)
Cambridge English vocab
BRAINS — [plural] [noun]The animal's brains (= brain) were visible through the damaged skull.I hope the baby has his mother's brains (= …
Cambridge English vocab
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
WRACK — See: GO TO WRACK AND RUIN.
Slang English vocab
BRAINS — If you had as much brains as guts, what a clever fellow you would be! a saying to a stupid …
Slang English vocab
BRAINS — n. pl. Understanding, sense, mind, reason, intellect, capacity, intellectual faculties.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
WRACK — verb Wrack is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ pain
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
BRAINS — See ↑ INTELLIGENT 4,10 ◆◆◆ • ↑ pick sb's brains • ↑ rack your brains
Longman Activator English vocab
BRAINS — n. 1) to blow one's ~ out ('to shoot oneself through the head') 2) the ~ to + inf. (does …
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
WRACK — See: GO TO WRACK AND RUIN.
Словарь английских идиом
ONE — pronoun 1 BAD : Fluency in English is one of the best qualifications you can have. GOOD : Fluency in …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
WRACK — 1. сущ. 1) остатки кораблекрушения wrack and ruin 2) водоросль, оставшаяся на берегу моря после отлива 2. гл. разрушать(ся) водоросли, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
RACK — I 1. сущ. 1) а) вешалка clothes rack ≈ вешалка для одежды towel rack ≈ вешалка для полотенец б) полка, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
OR — I союз или, иначе Make haste or else you will be late. ≈ Торопитесь, иначе вы опоздаете. or so ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ONE
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