wreck

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim Something or someone that has been ruined.

   “He was an emotional wreck after the death of his wife.”

2. isim The remains of something that has been severely damaged or worn down.

   “To the fair haven of my native home, / The vvreck of vvhat I was, fatigued I come, […]”

3. isim An event in which something is damaged through collision.

   “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.”

4. isim A shipwreck: an event in which a ship is heavily damaged or destroyed.
5. isim Goods, etc. cast ashore by the sea after a shipwreck.

   “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.”

6. isim A large number of birds that have been brought to the ground, injured or dead, by extremely adverse weather.

   “[I]n 1952 more than 7,000 were involved in such a "wreck" in Britain and Ireland.”

7. fiil To destroy violently; to cause severe damage to something, to a point where it no longer works, or is useless.

   “He wrecked the car in a collision.”

8. fiil To ruin or dilapidate.
9. fiil To plunder goods from wrecked ships.
10. fiil To dismantle wrecked vehicles or other objects, to reclaim any useful parts.
11. fiil To involve in a wreck; hence, to cause to suffer ruin; to balk of success, and bring disaster on.

    “Weak and envy'd, if they should conspire, / They wreck themselves, and he hath his Desire.”

12. fiil To be involved in a wreck; to be damaged or destroyed.

    “[…] 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.”