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Shipwreck
Definitions
- 1 A ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy; a ruined vessel or its remains. countable, uncountable
"heaven will drive shipwrecks ashore to make us all rich"
- 2 a wrecked ship (or a part of one) wordnet
- 3 An event where a ship sinks or runs aground. countable, uncountable
"they made the coast of Cochin China, and the tempests, which rose at the same time, threatened them more than once with shipwreck"
- 4 an accident that destroys a ship at sea wordnet
- 5 Destruction; disaster; failure; ruin; irretrievable loss. countable, figuratively, uncountable
"Holding faith and a good conscience, which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck."
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- 6 an irretrievable loss wordnet
- 1 To wreck a boat through a collision or other mishap.
- 2 destroy a ship wordnet
- 3 cause to experience shipwreck wordnet
- 4 suffer failure, as in some enterprise wordnet
- 5 ruin utterly wordnet
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.
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.
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