Definitions for shipwreck
ˈʃɪpˌrɛkship·wreck

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. shipwrecknoun

   a wrecked ship (or a part of one)

2. shipwrecknoun

   an irretrievable loss

   "that was the shipwreck of their romance"

3. shipwreck, wreckverb

   an accident that destroys a ship at sea

4. shipwreckverb

   ruin utterly

   "You have shipwrecked my career"

5. shipwreckverb

   suffer failure, as in some enterprise

6. shipwreckverb

   cause to experience shipwreck

   "They were shipwrecked in one of the mysteries at sea"

7. shipwreckverb

   destroy a ship

   "The vessel was shipwrecked"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. shipwrecknoun

   A boat that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy.

2. shipwrecknoun

   An event where a ship sinks or runs aground.

3. shipwreckverb

   To wreck a boat through a collision or mishap.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Shipwrecknoun

   Etymology: ship and wreck.

   1. The destruction of ships by rocks or shelves.

   Bold were the men, which on the ocean first
   Spread their new sails, when shipwreck was the worst. Edmund Waller.

   We are not to quarrel with the water for inundations and shipwrecks. Roger L'Estrange.

   This sea war cost the Carthaginians five hundred quinquiremes, and the Romans seven hundred, including their shipwrecks. Arbuthnot.

   2. The parts of a shattered ship.

   They might have it in their own country, and that by gathering up the shipwrecks of the Athenian and Roman theatres. Dryden.

   3. Destruction; miscarriage.

   Holding faith and a good conscience, which some having put away, concerning faith, have made shipwreck. 1 Tim. i.

2. To Shipwreckverb

   Etymology: from the noun.

   1. To destroy by dashing on rocks or shallows.

   Whence the sun ’gins his reflection,
   Shipwrecking storms and direful thunders break. William Shakespeare.

   2. To make to suffer the dangers of a wreck.

   Thou that can’st still the raging of the seas,
   Chain up the winds, and bid the tempests cease,
   Redeem my shipwreck’d soul from raging gusts
   Of cruel passion and deceitful lusts. Matthew Prior.

   A square piece of marble shews itself to have been a little pagan monument of two persons who were shipwrecked. Addis.

   3. To throw by loss of the vessel.

   Shipwreck’d upon a kingdom, where no pity,
   No friends, no hope! no kindred weep for me. William Shakespeare.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Shipwreck

   A shipwreck is the wreckage of a ship that is located either beached on land or sunken to the bottom of a body of water. Shipwrecking may be intentional or unintentional. Angela Croome reported in January 1999 that there were approximately three million shipwrecks worldwide (an estimate rapidly endorsed by UNESCO and other organizations). When a ship's crew has died or abandoned the ship, and the ship has remained adrift but unsunk, they are instead referred to as ghost ships.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. shipwreck

   A shipwreck refers to the remains of a ship that has been destroyed or incapacitated at sea due to factors such as storms, hitting an iceberg, collision with another vessel, or running aground. The term can also refer to the event of a ship sinking or being damaged beyond repair.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Shipwrecknoun

   the breaking in pieces, or shattering, of a ship or other vessel by being cast ashore or driven against rocks, shoals, etc., by the violence of the winds and waves

2. Shipwrecknoun

   a ship wrecked or destroyed upon the water, or the parts of such a ship; wreckage

3. Shipwrecknoun

   fig.: Destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss

4. Shipwreckverb

   to destroy, as a ship at sea, by running ashore or on rocks or sandbanks, or by the force of wind and waves in a tempest

5. Shipwreckverb

   to cause to experience shipwreck, as sailors or passengers. Hence, to cause to suffer some disaster or loss; to destroy or ruin, as if by shipwreck; to wreck; as, to shipwreck a business

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Shipwreck

   The term shipwreck refers both to the remains of a ship that has wrecked, which are found either beached or sunken, and to the action that causes a shipwreck, which may be purposeful or accidental. This explains why the two concepts are often overlapping in English. The United Nations estimates that there are more than 3 million shipwrecks on the ocean floor.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. shipwreck

   The destruction of a vessel by her beating against rocks, the shore, &c.--too often including loss of life. In early times the seizure of goods, and even the murder of the mariners, was apt to be the consequence.

Matched Categories

1. • Destroy
   • Fail
   • Ruin
   • Seafaring
   • Ship
   • Subject

How to pronounce shipwreck?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of shipwreck in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of shipwreck in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of shipwreck in a Sentence

1. Chris Buck:

   I said,' Of course Anna and Elsa's parents didn't die,' yes, there was a shipwreck, but they were at sea a little bit longer than we think they were, because the mother was pregnant, and she gave birth on the boat, to a little boy.

2. Charles de Gaulle:

   Old age is a shipwreck.

3. Casey Sherman:

   The treasures that this shipwreck has revealed since 1984, since Barry Clifford discovered the wreck, has been enormous, the mother lode of treasure still has yet to be found.

4. Duncan Wilson:

   This historic shipwreck tells the story of Germany's increasing naval strength in the late-19th century at a time when Britain and Germany were on friendly terms, the SMS Grosser Kurfürst is important as the only non-Royal Naval warship recorded as wrecked in English waters for the period 1860 -- 1913.

5. Kevin Dykstra:

   I didn't go down there with the expectation of seeing a shipwreck — I can tell you that.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=shipwreck
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Shipwreck
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=shipwreck
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shipwreck
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shipwreck
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=shipwreck
8. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=shipwreck