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Definitions for Wreck

[1] any building, structure, or thing reduced to a state of ruin.
[2] wreckage, goods, etc., remaining above water after a shipwreck, especially when cast ashore.
[3] the ruin or destruction of a vessel in the course of navigation; shipwreck.
[4] a vessel in a state of ruin from disaster at sea, on rocks, etc.
[5] the ruin or destruction of anything: the wreck of one's hopes.
[6] a person of ruined health; someone in bad shape physically or mentally: The strain of his work left him a wreck.
[7] to cause the wreck of (a vessel); shipwreck.
[8] to involve in a wreck.
[9] to cause the ruin or destruction of: to wreck a car.
[10] to tear down; demolish: to wreck a building.
[11] to ruin or impair severely: Fast living wrecked their health.
[12] to be involved in a wreck; become wrecked: The trains wrecked at the crossing.
[13] to act as a wrecker; engage in wrecking.
[14] to involve in or suffer disaster or destruction
[15] (tr) to cause the wreck of (a ship)
[16] the accidental destruction of a ship at sea the ship so destroyed
[17] maritime law goods cast ashore from a wrecked vessel
[18] a person or thing that has suffered ruin or dilapidation
[19] the remains of something that has been destroyed
[20] old-fashioned the act of wrecking or the state of being wrecked; ruin or destruction

Words related to Wreck

devastation, crash, mess, ruin, hulk, debris, destruction, wreckage, debacle, collapse, shipwreck, wrack, impair, ravage, injure, cripple, trash, sabotage, vandalize, mar

Words nearby Wreck

wreak havoc, wreath, wreathe, wreathed column, wreathy, wreck, wreckage, wrecked, wrecker, wrecker's ball, wreckfish

Origin of Wreck

1200–50; (noun) Middle English wrec, wrech, wrek < Old Danish wrækæ wreck; (v.) late Middle English, derivative of the noun

Words that may be confused with Wreck

rack, wrack, wreak, wreck, racked, wracked, wreaked, wrecked

Other words from Wreck

un·wrecked , adjective

Word origin for Wreck

C13: from Scandinavian; compare Icelandic rek. See wrack ², wreak

Synonyms for Wreck

collapse, crash, debacle, debris, destruction, devastation, hulk, mess, ruin, shipwreck, wreckage, crate, derelict, disruption, heap, jalopy, junk, junker, litter, relic, ruins, total, waste, fender bender, pile-up, rear-ender, smashup