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 Meaning of WRECK
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[n]  a ship that has been destroyed at sea  [n]  a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles); "they are still investigating the crash of the TWA plane"  [n]  an accident that destroys a ship at sea  [n]  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"  [v]  smash or break forcefully; "The kid busted up the car"   |  |  |  |  | Websites: |  |  |  |  |  |  | Synonyms: |  | bust up, crash, shipwreck, wrack |  |  |  |  | See Also: |  | accident, capsizing, declination, decline, destroy, prang, ruin, ship |  |     |  |  Products Dictionary |  |  |  |  | Definition: |  |  WreckDescription not available.
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\Wreck\, v. t. & n.
See 2d & 3d {Wreak}.
\Wreck\, n. [OE. wrak, AS. wr[ae]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.
                                               --Spenser.
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.
                                               --Addison.
         Its intellectual life was thus able to go on amidst
         the wreck of its political life.      --J. 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.          --Cowper.
5. (Law) Goods, etc., which, after a shipwreck, are cast upon
   the land by the sea. --Bouvier.
\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.
                                               --Shak.
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.                           --Daniel.
\Wreck\, v. i.
1. To suffer wreck or ruin. --Milton.
2. To work upon a wreck, as in saving property or lives, or
   in plundering.
 |  |  |  |  Dream Dictionary |  |  |  |  | Definition: |  | Seeing a wreck in your dream, represents obstacles and barriers toward your goals. You feel that you are being held back or that you are not making any progress. |  |  |    |  |