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• wreck — n. & v. n. 1 the destruction or disablement esp. of a ship. 2 a ship that has suffered a wreck (the shores are strewn with wrecks). 3 a greatly damaged or disabled building, thing, or person (had become a physical and mental wreck). 4 (foll. by… …   Useful english dictionary

• Wreck — Wreck, n. [OE. wrak, AS. wr[ae]c exile, persecution, misery, from wrecan to drive out, punish; akin to D. wrak, adj., damaged, brittle, n., a wreck, wraken to reject, throw off, Icel. rek a thing drifted ashore, Sw. vrak refuse, a wreck, Dan.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Wreck — Wreck, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wrecked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wrecking}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To destroy, disable, or seriously damage, as a vessel, by driving it against the shore or on rocks, by causing it to become unseaworthy, to founder, or the like; …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Wreck — Wreck, v. i. 1. To suffer wreck or ruin. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. To work upon a wreck, as in saving property or lives, or in plundering. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• wreck — /rɛk / (say rek) noun 1. the ruin or destruction of a ship or aircraft in the course of navigation. 2. any ship or aircraft, or part thereof, in a state of ruin following a disaster. 3. any building, structure, or thing reduced to a state of ruin …  

• wreck — To destroy, disable, or seriously damage. To reduce to a wreck or ruinous state by any kind of violence; to overthrow, shatter, or destroy; to cause to crash or suffer ruin, synonymous with ruin, smash, and demolish. Its antonyms are save,… …   Black's law dictionary

• wreck — noun 1》 the destruction of a ship at sea; a shipwreck.     ↘a ship destroyed in such a way.     ↘Law goods brought ashore by the sea from a wreck. 2》 a building, vehicle, etc. that has been destroyed or badly damaged.     ↘N. Amer. a road or rail …   English new terms dictionary

• ship|wreck — «SHIHP REHK», noun, verb. –n. 1. the destruction or loss of a ship by foundering, by striking a rock or shoal, etc.: »Only two people were saved from the shipwreck. 2. a wrecked ship or what remains of it; wreckage. 3. Figurative. a total loss or …   Useful english dictionary

• wrack — Wreck Wreck, n. [OE. wrak, AS. wr[ae]c exile, persecution, misery, from wrecan to drive out, punish; akin to D. wrak, adj., damaged, brittle, n., a wreck, wraken to reject, throw off, Icel. rek a thing drifted ashore, Sw. vrak refuse, a wreck,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Wrecked — Wreck Wreck, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wrecked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wrecking}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To destroy, disable, or seriously damage, as a vessel, by driving it against the shore or on rocks, by causing it to become unseaworthy, to founder, or the …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Wrecking — Wreck Wreck, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wrecked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wrecking}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To destroy, disable, or seriously damage, as a vessel, by driving it against the shore or on rocks, by causing it to become unseaworthy, to founder, or the …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English