wreck
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
law
natural-sciences
nautical
ornithology
transport
Etymology: From Middle English wrek, from Anglo-Norman wrek, from Old Norse *wrek (Norwegian and Icelandic rek, Swedish vrak, Danish vrag), from Proto-Germanic *wrekaną, whence also Old English wrecan (English wreak), Old High German rehhan, Old Saxon wrekan, Gothic 𐍅𐍂𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 (wrikan).
Inflected forms:
form: wrecks
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: wrecks
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: wrecking
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: wrecked
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: wrecked
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: Something or someone that has been ruined.
pos: noun
examples: He was an emotional wreck after the death of his wife.
gloss: The remains of something that has been severely damaged or worn down.
pos: noun
examples: To the fair haven of my native home, / The vvreck of vvhat I was, fatigued I come, […]
In 2006, 18-year-old Nikki Catsouras was killed in a car wreck in Lake Forest.
gloss: An event in which something is damaged through collision.
pos: noun
examples: Hard and obſtinate, / As is a rocke amidſt the raging floods: / gaynſt vvhich a ſhip of ſuccour deſolate, / doth ſuffer vvreck both of her ſelfe and goods.
the wrecks of matter and the crush of worlds
Its intellectual life was thus able to go on amidst the wreck of its political life.
gloss: An event in which something is damaged through collision.
pos: noun
tags: specifically
gloss: Goods, etc. cast ashore by the sea after a shipwreck.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: 2. ... Wreck includes the cargo, stores and tackle of a vessel and all parts of a vessel separated from the vessel, and the property of persons who belong to, are on board or have quitted a vessel that is wrecked, stranded or in distress at any place in Canada.
gloss: A large number of birds that have been brought to the ground, injured or dead, by extremely adverse weather.
pos: noun
examples: [I]n 1952 more than 7,000 were involved in such a "wreck" in Britain and Ireland.
gloss: To destroy violently; to cause severe damage to something, to a point where it no longer works, or is useless.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: He wrecked the car in a collision.
That adulterous hussy wrecked my marriage!
Supposing that they saw the king's ship wrecked.
gloss: To ruin or dilapidate.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To plunder goods from wrecked ships.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
transitive
gloss: To dismantle wrecked vehicles or other objects, to reclaim any useful parts.
pos: verb
tags: Australia
transitive
gloss: To involve in a wreck; hence, to cause to suffer ruin; to balk of success, and bring disaster on.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Weak and envy'd, if they should conspire, / They wreck themselves, and he hath his Desire.
gloss: To be involved in a wreck; to be damaged or destroyed.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: […] Mrs. Marleen Ketchum was not quite certain if the train wrecked or if the volcano blew its top. It took a moment before she was certain it had to be the passenger train.
Synonyms: crash
ruins
Antonyms: build
construct
make
produce
Derived words: car wreck
catch wreck
nerve-wreck
nervous wreck
shipwreck
train wreck
wreck car
wreck grab
wreck havoc
wreck of the Hesperus
wreck shop
wreck yard
bewreck
check yourself before you wreck yourself
wreckage
wrecker
wreck the hoose juice
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: تَصَادُّم
roman: taṣāddum
lang: Bulgarian
word: ава́рия
roman: avárija
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 碰撞
roman: pèngzhuàng
lang: Dutch
word: botsing
lang: Finnish
word: törmäys
lang: Finnish
word: yhteentörmäys
lang: Finnish
word: kolari
lang: French
word: accident
lang: German
word: Zusammenstoß
lang: Hebrew
word: גרוטאה
lang: White Hmong
word: tsoo
lang: Hungarian
word: karambol
lang: Italian
word: collisione
lang: Italian
word: disastro
lang: Japanese
word: 衝突
roman: shōtotsu
lang: Korean
word: 충돌
roman: chungdol
lang: Macedonian
word: хава́рија
roman: havárija
lang: Polish
word: kolizja
lang: Polish
word: wypadek
lang: Portuguese
word: choque
lang: Romanian
word: accident
lang: Romanian
word: avarie
lang: Romanian
word: coliziune
lang: Russian
word: ава́рия
roman: avárija
lang: Spanish
word: choque
lang: Spanish
word: desastre
lang: Spanish
word: accidente
lang: Spanish
word: siniestro
lang: Spanish
word: colisión
lang: Spanish
word: paletazo
lang: Swedish
word: sammanstötning
lang: Swedish
word: krock
lang: Swedish
word: krasch