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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: wrecked /rɛkt/ adj - slang in a state of intoxication, stupor, or euphoria, induced by drugs or alcohol
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024wreck /rɛk/USA pronunciation n. - [countable] a building, structure, or object that has been reduced, destroyed, or greatly damaged.
- ruin;
destruction:[uncountable]the wreck of our dreams. - [countable] a person of ruined physical or mental health.
v. [~ + object] - Nauticalto cause the wreck of:wrecked the car.
- to tear down;
demolish:to wreck a building.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024wreck (rek),USA pronunciation n. - any building, structure, or thing reduced to a state of ruin.
- Nauticalwreckage, goods, etc., remaining above water after a shipwreck, esp. when cast ashore.
- Nauticalthe ruin or destruction of a vessel in the course of navigation;
shipwreck. - Nauticala vessel in a state of ruin from disaster at sea, on rocks, etc.
- the ruin or destruction of anything:the wreck of one's hopes.
- a person of ruined health;
someone in bad shape physically or mentally:The strain of his work left him a wreck. v.t. - Nauticalto cause the wreck of (a vessel);
shipwreck. - to involve in a wreck.
- to cause the ruin or destruction of:to wreck a car.
- to tear down;
demolish:to wreck a building. - to ruin or impair severely:Fast living wrecked their health.
v.i. - to be involved in a wreck;
become wrecked:The trains wrecked at the crossing. - to act as a wrecker;
engage in wrecking.
- Old Danish wrækæ wreck; (verb, verbal) late Middle English, derivative of the noun, nominal
- (noun, nominal) Middle English wrec, wrech, wrek 1200–50
- 9.See corresponding entry in Unabridged destroy, devastate, shatter. See spoil.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: wreck /rɛk/ vb - to involve in or suffer disaster or destruction
- (transitive) to cause the wreck of (a ship)
n - the accidental destruction of a ship at sea
- the ship so destroyed
- goods cast ashore from a wrecked vessel
- a person or thing that has suffered ruin or dilapidation
- the remains of something that has been destroyed
- old-fashioned the act of wrecking or the state of being wrecked; ruin or destruction
Etymology: 13th Century: from Scandinavian; compare Icelandic rek. See wrack², wreak |