3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shipwreck \Ship"wreck`\, n.
1. 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. A ship wrecked or destroyed upon the water, or the parts
of such a ship; wreckage. --Dryden.
3. Fig.: Destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss
Holding faith and a good conscience, which some
having put away concerning faith have made
shipwreck. --1 Tim. 1.
19.
It was upon an Indian bill that the late ministry
had made shipwreck. --J. Morley.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shipwreck \Ship"wreck`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shipwrecked}; p.
pr & vb n. {Shipwrecking}.]
1. 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.
Shipwrecking storms and direful thunders break.
--Shak.
2. To cause to experience shipwreck, as sailors or
passengers. Hence to cause to suffer some disaster or
loss to destroy or ruin, as if by shipwreck; to wreck;
as to shipwreck a business. --Addison.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
shipwreck
n 1: a wrecked ship (or a part of one)
2: an irretrievable loss "that was the shipwreck of their
romance"
3: an accident that destroys a ship at sea [syn: {wreck}]
v 1: ruin utterly; "You have shipwrecked my career"
2: suffer failure, as in some enterprise
3: cause to experience shipwreck; "They were shipwrecked in one
of the mysteries at sea"
4: destroy a ship: "The vessel was shipwrecked"
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