Sunday, March 3, 2013

Wiktionary - Recent changes [en]: wreck

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* Dutch: {{t+|nl|ruineren}}

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* Dutch: {{t+|nl|ruïneren}},{{t+|nl|verwoesten}}
 

* Finnish: {{t+|fi|tuhota}}, {{t+|fi|särkeä}}

  

* Finnish: {{t+|fi|tuhota}}, {{t+|fi|särkeä}}
 

* Greek: {{t+|el|καταστρέφω|tr=katastréfo}}

  

* Greek: {{t+|el|καταστρέφω|tr=katastréfo}}

Latest revision as of 18:49, 3 March 2013

Contents

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Middle English wrek, from Anglo-Norman wrec, from Old Norse *wrek (Norwegian and Icelandic rek, Swedish vrak), from Proto-Germanic, from Proto-Indo-European.[1] Distantly related to wreak.[1]

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Noun

wreck (plural wrecks)

  1. Something or someone that has been ruined.
  2. The remains of something that has been severely damaged or worn down.
  3. An event in which something is damaged through collision.

[edit] Synonyms

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Translations

remains

collision

[edit] Verb

wreck (third-person singular simple present wrecks, present participle wrecking, simple past and past participle wrecked)

  1. To cause severe damage to something, to a point where it no longer works, or is useless.
    (Usage: A collision is often implied as the cause of the damage - "He wrecked the car")
  2. To ruin or dilapidate.
  3. To dismantle wrecked vehicles or other objects, to reclaim any useful parts. (Australia)

[edit] Antonyms

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Translations

to dismantle wrecked objects

[edit] References

  1. ↑ 1.01.1 "wreck" in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).
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