Wreck
[rek] or [rɛk]
Definition
(noun.) a ship that has been destroyed at sea.
(noun.) 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'.
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Definition
(v. t. & n.) See 2d & 3d Wreak.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) Destruction or injury of anything, especially by violence; ruin; as, the wreck of a railroad train.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) The remain of anything ruined or fatally injured.
(v. t.) Goods, etc., which, after a shipwreck, are cast upon the land by the sea.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To bring wreck or ruin upon by any kind of violence; to destroy, as a railroad train.
(v. t.) To involve in a wreck; hence, to cause to suffer ruin; to balk of success, and bring disaster on.
(v. i.) To suffer wreck or ruin.
(v. i.) To work upon a wreck, as in saving property or lives, or in plundering.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Destruction, perdition, undoing, prostration, ruin, desolation, shipwreck.[2]. Stranded vessel, shipwrecked vessel.
v. a. [1]. Strand, founder, shipwreck, cast away.[2]. Ruin, destroy.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Debris, ruins, havoc, rubbish, remains, destruction,[See TWIST]
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Definition
n. (Spens.) same as Wreak.—v.t. (Milt.) to wreak.
n. destruction: destruction of a ship: ruins of a destroyed ship: remains of anything ruined: shipwrecked property.—v.t. to destroy or disable: to ruin.—v.i. to suffer wreck or ruin.—ns. Wreck′age the act of wrecking: wrecked material; Wreck′er a person who purposely causes a wreck or who plunders wreckage: one who lures a ship on to the rocks for purposes of plunder: one who criminally ruins anything: a person employed by the owners in recovering disabled vessels or their cargo.—adj. Wreck′ful causing ruin.—n. Wreck′-mas′ter a person taking charge of a disabled ship and its cargo.—Wreck commissioners a tribunal which inquires into shipping disasters.—Receivers of wrecks wreck-masters.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To see a wreck in your dream, foretells that you will be harassed with fears of destitution or sudden failure in business. See other like words.
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Examples
- I urged my companions to prepare for the wreck of our little skiff, and to bind themselves to some oar or spar which might suffice to float them. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- A universal shriek arose as the russet boots waved wildly from the wreck and a golden head emerged, exclaiming, I told you so! Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- It is the drifting icebergs setting with any current anywhere, that wreck the ships. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- He has taken to his bed, and Dr. Willows says that he is a wreck and that his nervous system is shattered. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- At length he neared the wreck. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The utter helplessness of the wreck of him that lay cast ashore there, now alarmed her, but he himself appeared a little more hopeful. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- See thou the wreck this fiend hath made, and let thy heart be moved with pity! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Strange shipping became more frequent, passing the Japanese headlands; sometimes ships were wrecked and sailors brought ashore. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Martha Endell--side by side with whom, he would not have seen his dear niece, Ham had told me, for all the treasures wrecked in the sea. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- His coarse, strong nature craved, and could endure, a continual stimulation, that would have utterly wrecked and crazed a finer one. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I was a happy and successful man, Mr. Holmes, and on the eve of being married, when a sudden and dreadful misfortune wrecked all my prospects in life. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- We have seen the Roman Republic wrecked, and here we see the church failing in its world mission very largely through ineffective electoral methods. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It was finished for her too, she was wrecked in the darkness. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I saw him for the third time in a wrecked ship, stranded on a wild, sandy shore. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The important feature of this boat was a diver’s compartment, enabling divers to leave the vessel when submerged, for the purpose of operating on wrecks or performing other undersea duties. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- This sea bottom, in localities near land, is abundantly sown with wrecks, old and new, and in many cases bearing permanently valuable cargoes, such as gold and coal. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- At length he said: 'Doyce, it came to this at last--that the business was to be sunk with Heaven knows how many more wrecks, or begun all over again? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Many wrecks have been found by these bottom-prowling scouts and valuable material recovered. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It did not cease till the Atlantic was strewn with wrecks: it did not lull till the deeps had gorged their full of sustenance. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Wrecks of gondolas, and some few uninjured ones, were strewed on the beach at Fusina. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Miss Havisham's gray hair was all adrift upon the ground, among the other bridal wrecks, and was a miserable sight to see. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- No one who looks at my slow face can guess the vortex sometimes whirling in my heart, and engulfing thought and wrecking prudence. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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