ruin, destroy; devastate; shatter (e.g. one's hopes); be destroyed; be sunken (e.g. of a ship)
destruction; ruins, debris, remains; junk; nervous person; sunken ship; debris washed ashore
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Wreck Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Wreck Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To involve in a wreck; hence, to cause to suffer ruin; to balk of success, and bring disaster on.
To involve in a wreck; hence, to cause to suffer ruin; to balk of success, and bring disaster on.
(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.
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.
To bring wreck or ruin upon by any kind of violence; to destroy, as 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.
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.
The remain of anything ruined or fatally injured.
(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.
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.)
Goods, etc., which, after a shipwreck, are cast upon the land by the sea.
Goods, etc., which, after a shipwreck, are cast upon the land by the sea.
(v. t.)
Destruction or injury of anything, especially by violence; ruin; as, the wreck of a railroad train.
Destruction or injury of anything, especially by violence; ruin; as, the wreck of a railroad train.
(v. t. & n.)
See 2d & 3d Wreak.
See 2d & 3d Wreak.
(v. i.)
To work upon a wreck, as in saving property or lives, or in plundering.
To work upon a wreck, as in saving property or lives, or in plundering.
(v. i.)
To suffer wreck or ruin.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutTo suffer wreck or ruin.
wreck
\wreck\ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. wrecked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. wrecking.]
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; to shipwreck. supposing that they saw the king's ship wrecked.
2. to bring wreck or ruin upon by any kind of violence; to destroy, as a railroad train.
3. to involve in a wreck; hence, to cause to suffer ruin; to balk of success, and bring disaster on. weak and envied, if they should conspire, they wreck themselves.
wreck
\wreck\ (?), v. t. & n. see 2d & 3d wreak.
wreck
\wreck\, n. [oe. wrak, as. wr?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. vrag. see wreak, v. t., and cf. wrack a marine plant.] [written also wrack.] 1. 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. hard and obstinate as is a rock amidst the raging floods, 'gainst which a ship, of succor desolate, doth suffer wreck, both of herself and goods.
2. destruction or injury of anything, especially by violence; ruin; as, the wreck of a railroad train. the wreck of matter and the crush of worlds. its intellectual life was thus able to go on amidst the wreck of its political life. r. green.
3. 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.
4. the remain of anything ruined or fatally injured. to the fair haven of my native home, the wreck of what i was, fatigued i come.
5. (law) goods, etc., which, after a shipwreck, are cast upon the land by the sea.
wreck
\wreck\, v. i. 1. to suffer wreck or ruin.
2. to work upon a wreck, as in saving property or lives, or in plundering.
wreck
n
1. 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. an accident that destroys a ship at sea [syn: shipwreck]
3. a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles); "they are still investigating the crash of the twa plane" [syn: crash]
4. a ship that has been destroyed at sea v : smash or break forcefully; "the kid busted up the car" [syn: bust up, wrack]
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wreck-master
1. to accomplish something
2. to destroy or break up: "All they wanted to do is wreck and flex" Public Enemy (Burn Hollywood, burn [1990]).
3. to show great freestyling skills
2. to destroy or break up: "All they wanted to do is wreck and flex" Public Enemy (Burn Hollywood, burn [1990]).
3. to show great freestyling skills
Noun
1. 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"
(hypernym) decline, declination
(derivation) bust up, wrack
2. an accident that destroys a ship at sea
(synonym) shipwreck
(hypernym) accident
(hyponym) capsizing
(derivation) bust up, wrack
3. a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles); "they are still investigating the crash of the TWA plane"
(synonym) crash
(hypernym) accident
(hyponym) prang
4. a ship that has been destroyed at sea
(hypernym) ship
(derivation) bust up, wrack
Verb
1. smash or break forcefully; "The kid busted up the car"
(synonym) bust up, wrack
(hypernym) destroy, ruin
Wreck Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries
A wrecked vessel, either submerged or visible, which is attached to or foul of the bottom or cast up on the shore. (DOI4)
By the Bureau of Transportation Statistics.Wreck Definition from Social Science Dictionaries & Glossaries
Wreck Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Wreck may refer to:
- Wreck, a ceremony of initiation into the 40 et 8 club
- Wreck (band), an American indie rock band
- A collision of an automobile, aircraft or other vehicle
- Shipwreck, the remains of a ship after a crisis at sea
- Receiver of Wreck, an official of the British government whose main task is to process incoming reports of wreck
- Rambling Wreck, a car that leads the Georgia Tech football team onto the field prior to every game in Bobby Dodd Stadium
- WREK (FM), a radio station at Georgia Tech, named after the car
- In ornithology, an event where large numbers of seabirds are driven inland due to adverse weather
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Wreck Definition from Law Dictionaries & Glossaries
A wreck (called in law Latin, wreccum maris, and in law French, wrec de mer,) signifies such goods, as after a shipwreck, are cast upon land by the sea, and left there within some county, so as not to belong to the jurisdiction of the admiralty, but to the common law.
The term `wreck of the sea' includes, 1. Goods found at low water, between high and low water mark; and 2. Goods between the same limits, partly resting on the ground, but still moved by the water.
When goods have touched the ground, and have again been floated by the tide, and are within low water mark; whether they are to be considered wreck will depend upon the circumstances whether they were, seized by a person wading, or swimming, or in a boat. But if a human being, or even an animal, as a dog, cat, hawk, etc. escape alive from the ship, or if there be any marks upon the goods by which they may be known again, they are not, at common law, considered as wrecked.
The Act of Congress of March 1, 1823, provides that, before any goods, wares or merchandise, which may be taken from any wreck, shall be admitted to an entry, the same shall be appraised in the manner prescribed in the sixteenth section of this act and the same proceedings shall be ordered and executed in all cases where a reduction of duties shall be claimed on account of damage which any goods, wares, or merchandise, shall have sustained in the course of the voyage and in all cases where the owner, importer, consignee, or agent, shall be dissatisfied with such appraisement, he shall be entitled to the privileges provided in the eighteenth section of this act.
This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.
Courtesy of the 'Lectric Law Library.The term `wreck of the sea' includes, 1. Goods found at low water, between high and low water mark; and 2. Goods between the same limits, partly resting on the ground, but still moved by the water.
When goods have touched the ground, and have again been floated by the tide, and are within low water mark; whether they are to be considered wreck will depend upon the circumstances whether they were, seized by a person wading, or swimming, or in a boat. But if a human being, or even an animal, as a dog, cat, hawk, etc. escape alive from the ship, or if there be any marks upon the goods by which they may be known again, they are not, at common law, considered as wrecked.
The Act of Congress of March 1, 1823, provides that, before any goods, wares or merchandise, which may be taken from any wreck, shall be admitted to an entry, the same shall be appraised in the manner prescribed in the sixteenth section of this act and the same proceedings shall be ordered and executed in all cases where a reduction of duties shall be claimed on account of damage which any goods, wares, or merchandise, shall have sustained in the course of the voyage and in all cases where the owner, importer, consignee, or agent, shall be dissatisfied with such appraisement, he shall be entitled to the privileges provided in the eighteenth section of this act.
This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.
Wreck Definition from Sports Dictionaries & Glossaries
Whatever may remain of property which has been severely damaged in a maritime adventure. An underwriter who has paid a total loss on the property is entitled to take over the wreck, dispose of it as he thinks fit and retain the whole of the proceeds, if any, even if these exceed the claim paid.
Wreck Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
1) (v) To accomplish something. 2) (v) To destroy or break up. "All they wanted to do is wreck and flex" Public Enemy (Burn Hollywood, burn [1990]). 3) (v) To show great freestyling skills.
1) (v) To accomplish something.
2) (v) To destroy or break up. "All they wanted to do is wreck and flex" Public Enemy (Burn Hollywood, burn [1990]).
3) (v) To show great freestyling skills.
2) (v) To destroy or break up. "All they wanted to do is wreck and flex" Public Enemy (Burn Hollywood, burn [1990]).
3) (v) To show great freestyling skills.
