Dutch Meaning of wreck

wrak

Other Dutch words related to wrak

Definitions and Meaning of wreck in English

Wordnet

wreck (n)

something or someone that has suffered ruin or dilapidation

an accident that destroys a ship at sea

a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles)

a ship that has been destroyed at sea

Wordnet

wreck (v)

smash or break forcefully

Webster

wreck (v. t. & n.)

See 2d & 3d Wreak.

Webster

wreck (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.

Destruction or injury of anything, especially by violence; ruin; as, the wreck of a railroad train.

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 remain of anything ruined or fatally injured.

Goods, etc., which, after a shipwreck, are cast upon the land by the sea.

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 bring wreck or ruin upon by any kind of violence; to destroy, as a railroad train.

To involve in a wreck; hence, to cause to suffer ruin; to balk of success, and bring disaster on.

Webster

wreck (v. i.)

To suffer wreck or ruin.

To work upon a wreck, as in saving property or lives, or in plundering.

FAQs About the word wreck

wrak

something or someone that has suffered ruin or dilapidation, an accident that destroys a ship at sea, a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles

puin,resten,puin,ruïnes,puin,as,detritus,drijfhout,rest,residu

herstel,berging,berging

wreche => ongeluk, wrecche => ellendig, wreathy => krans, wreath-shell => krans, wreaths => Kransen,