shipwreck

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   an irretrievable loss

   that was the shipwreck of their romance

2. 2
   verb

   destroy a ship

   The vessel was shipwrecked

3. 3
   verb

   cause to experience shipwreck

   They were shipwrecked in one of the mysteries at sea

4. 4
   verb

   ruin utterly

   You have shipwrecked my career

5. 5
   noun

   A ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy; a ruined vessel or its remains.

   heaven will drive shipwrecks ashore to make us all rich

6. 6
   noun

   An event where a ship sinks or runs aground.

   they made the coast of Cochin China, and the tempests, which rose at the same time, threatened them more than once with shipwreck

7. 7
   noun

   Destruction; disaster; failure; ruin; irretrievable loss.

   Holding faith and a good conscience, which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck.

8. 8
   noun

   a wrecked ship (or a part of one)

Etymology

From Middle English shipwrak, from Old English sċipwræc (“jetsam”), equivalent to ship + wrack. Cognate with Scots schip-wrak (“to shipwreck”, verb), Swedish skeppsvrak (“shipwreck”), Danish skibsvrag (“shipwreck”). Modern form is due to influence from wreck.