| 1. | any building, structure, or thing reduced to a state of ruin. |
| 2. | wreckage, goods, etc., remaining above water after a shipwreck, esp. when cast ashore. |
| 3. | the ruin or destruction of a vessel in the course of navigation; shipwreck. |
| 4. | a vessel in a state of ruin from disaster at sea, on rocks, etc. |
| 5. | the ruin or destruction of anything: the wreck of one's hopes. |
| 6. | a person of ruined health; someone in bad shape physically or mentally: The strain of his work left him a wreck. |
| 7. | to cause the wreck of (a vessel); shipwreck. |
| 8. | to involve in a wreck. |
| 9. | to cause the ruin or destruction of: to wreck a car. |
| 10. | to tear down; demolish: to wreck a building. |
| 11. | to ruin or impair severely: Fast living wrecked their health. |
| 12. | to be involved in a wreck; become wrecked: The trains wrecked at the crossing. |
| 13. | to act as a wrecker; engage in wrecking. |

wreck (rěk) n.
v. tr.
[Middle English wrek, from Anglo-Norman wrec, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse rec, wreckage.] |