wreck.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 the destruction or disablement esp. of a ship.
2 a ship that has suffered a wreck (the shores are strewn with wrecks).
3 a greatly damaged or disabled building, thing, or person (had become a physical and mental wreck).
4 (foll. by of) a wretched remnant or disorganized set of remains.
5 Law goods etc. cast up by the sea.

--v.

1 tr. cause the wreck of (a ship etc.).
2 tr. completely ruin (hopes, chances, etc.).
3 intr. suffer a wreck.
4 tr. (as wrecked adj.) involved in a shipwreck (wrecked sailors).
5 intr. US deal with wrecked vehicles etc.

wreck-master an officer appointed to take charge of goods etc. cast up from a wrecked ship. [ME f. AF wrec etc. (cf. VAREC) f. a Gmc root meaning 'to drive': cf. WREAK]

wreck.html - n.
1 wrecked material.
2 the remnants of a wreck.
3 the action or process of wrecking.

wreck.html - n.
1 a person or thing that wrecks or destroys.
2 esp. hist. a person on the shore who tries to bring about a shipwreck in order to plunder or profit by the wreckage.
3 esp. US a person employed in demolition, or in recovering a wrecked ship or its contents.
4 US a person who breaks up damaged vehicles for spares and scrap.
5 US a vehicle or train used in recovering a damaged one.

wreck.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 the destruction or disablement esp. of a ship.
2 a ship that has suffered a wreck (the shores are strewn with wrecks).
3 a greatly damaged or disabled building, thing, or person (had become a physical and mental wreck).
4 (foll. by of) a wretched remnant or disorganized set of remains.
5 Law goods etc. cast up by the sea.

--v.

1 tr. cause the wreck of (a ship etc.).
2 tr. completely ruin (hopes, chances, etc.).
3 intr. suffer a wreck.
4 tr. (as wrecked adj.) involved in a shipwreck (wrecked sailors).
5 intr. US deal with wrecked vehicles etc.

wreck-master an officer appointed to take charge of goods etc. cast up from a wrecked ship. [ME f. AF wrec etc. (cf. VAREC) f. a Gmc root meaning 'to drive': cf. WREAK]

wreck.html - n.
1 wrecked material.
2 the remnants of a wreck.
3 the action or process of wrecking.

wreck.html - n.
1 a person or thing that wrecks or destroys.
2 esp. hist. a person on the shore who tries to bring about a shipwreck in order to plunder or profit by the wreckage.
3 esp. US a person employed in demolition, or in recovering a wrecked ship or its contents.
4 US a person who breaks up damaged vehicles for spares and scrap.
5 US a vehicle or train used in recovering a damaged one.