Lexic.us

Definition of Shipwreck

1. Noun. A wrecked ship (or a part of one).

2. Verb. Ruin utterly. "You have shipwrecked my career"

3. Noun. An irretrievable loss. "That was the shipwreck of their romance"

4. Verb. Suffer failure, as in some enterprise.

5. Noun. An accident that destroys a ship at sea.

6. Verb. Cause to experience shipwreck. "They were shipwrecked in one of the mysteries at sea"

7. Verb. Destroy a ship. "The vessel was shipwrecked"

Definition of Shipwreck

1. n. The breaking in pieces, or shattering, of a ship or other vessel by being cast ashore or driven against rocks, shoals, etc., by the violence of the winds and waves.

2. v. t. To destroy, as a ship at sea, by running ashore or on rocks or sandbanks, or by the force of wind and waves in a tempest.

Definition of Shipwreck

1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shipwreck

shipping room shippo shippon shippons shippos ships ships shipshape shipside shipsides

shipway shipways shipworm shipworm shipworms shipwreck (current term) shipwrecked shipwrecking shipwrecks shipwreck survivor

shipwright shipwrights shipyard shipyards ship beriberi ship biscuit ship broker ship builder ship canal ship chandler

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