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1. (n.) wreck
any building, structure, or thing reduced to ruin.
2. wreck
wreckage, goods, etc., remaining above water after a shipwreck, esp. when cast ashore.
3. wreck
the ruin or destruction of a vessel in the course of navigation; shipwreck.
4. wreck
a vessel in a state of ruin from disaster at sea, on rocks, etc.
5. wreck
the ruin or destruction of anything.
6. wreck
a person of ruined health; someone in bad shape physically or mentally.
7. (v.t.) wreck
to cause the wreck of (a vessel); shipwreck.
8. wreck
to cause the ruin or destruction of:
to wreck a car.
9. wreck
to tear down; demolish:
to wreck a building.
10. (v.i.) wreck
to be involved in a wreck; become wrecked.
11. wreck
to work as a wrecker; engage in wrecking.
Etymology: (1200–50; (n.) ME wrec, perh. ult. < ON *wrek wreck; akin to wreak)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) wreck
something or someone that has suffered ruin or dilapidation
"the house was a wreck when they bought it"; "thanks to that quack I am a human wreck"
2. (noun) shipwreck, wreck
an accident that destroys a ship at sea
3. (noun) crash, wreck
a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles)
"they are still investigating the crash of the TWA plane"
4. (verb) wreck
a ship that has been destroyed at sea
5. (verb) bust up, wreck, wrack
smash or break forcefully
"The kid busted up the car"
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1. (verb) wreck
to spoil or destroy
He wrecked the car in the accident.
2. (noun) wreck
sth that has been very badly damaged and cannot be used any more
the wreck of an old ship
3. wreck
sb who is in a bad state physically or mentally
I was a wreck after the funeral.
4. wreck
a car accident
She was killed in a car wreck.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. wreck
see 2d & 3d Wreak
2. (verb) wreck
the destruction or injury of a vessel by being cast on shore, or on rocks, or by being disabled or sunk by the force of winds or waves; shipwreck
3. (verb) wreck
destruction or injury of anything, especially by violence; ruin; as, the wreck of a railroad train
4. (verb) wreck
the ruins of a ship stranded; a ship dashed against rocks or land, and broken, or otherwise rendered useless, by violence and fracture; as, they burned the wreck
5. (verb) wreck
the remain of anything ruined or fatally injured
6. (verb) wreck
goods, etc., which, after a shipwreck, are cast upon the land by the sea
7. (verb) wreck
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; to shipwreck
8. (verb) wreck
to bring wreck or ruin upon by any kind of violence; to destroy, as a railroad train
9. (verb) wreck
to involve in a wreck; hence, to cause to suffer ruin; to balk of success, and bring disaster on
10. (verb) wreck
to suffer wreck or ruin
11. (verb) wreck
to work upon a wreck, as in saving property or lives, or in plundering
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Sense: a very badly damaged ship
The divers found a wreck on the sea-bed.
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 Afrikaans: wrak |
 Arabic: حُطام سَفينَه |
 Bulgarian: (останки от) разбит кораб |
 Brazilian: navio naufragado |
 Czech: vrak |
 German: das Wrack |
 Danish: vrag |
 Greek: ναυάγιο |
 Spanish: restos |
 Estonian: vrakk |
 Farsi: لاشه |
 Finnish: hylky |
 French: épave |
 Hebrew: אוֹנייָה טְרופָה |
 Hindi: बुरी तरह नष्ट पोत |
 Croatian: olupina |
 Hungarian: roncs |
 Indonesian: rongsokan kapal |
 Icelandic: (skips)flak |
 Italian: relitto |
 Japanese: 難破船 |
 Korean: 난파선 |
 Lithuanian: sudužęs laivas |
 Latvian: vraks |
 Malay: kapal yang ranap |
 Dutch: wrak |
 Norwegian: skipsvrak |
 Polish: wrak |
 Persian: لاشه |
 Pashto: كښتۍ ماڼۍ يا موټر او نور |
 Portuguese: navio naufragado |
 Romanian: epavă |
 Russian: обломки корабля |
 Slovak: vrak |
 Slovenian: razbitine ladje |
 Serbian: olupina |
 Swedish: vrak |
 Thai: เรืออับปาง |
 Turkish: gemi enkazı |
 Taiwanese: 船的殘骸 |
 Ukrainian: кістяк розбитого судна; у |
 Urdu: تباہ شدہ جہاز |
 Vietnamese: tàu chìm |
 Chinese: 失事船的残骸 |
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