frack
verb/fræk/
/fræk/
[intransitive, transitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they frack | /fræk/ /fræk/ |
| he / she / it fracks | /fræks/ /fræks/ |
| past simple fracked | /frækt/ /frækt/ |
| past participle fracked | /frækt/ /frækt/ |
| -ing form fracking | /ˈfrækɪŋ/ /ˈfrækɪŋ/ |
- to force liquid at high pressure into rocks, deep holes in the ground, etc. in order to force open existing cracks (= narrow openings) and take out oil or gas
- frack (for something) They have been fracking for oil in South Dakota since the fifties.
- frack something Thousands of wells have been drilled and fracked in recent years.
- frack something for something Some of the land is now being fracked for oil.
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