Lexic.us

Definition of Shipwreck

1. Noun. A wrecked ship (or a part of one).

2. Verb. Ruin utterly. "You have shipwrecked my career"

3. Noun. An irretrievable loss. "That was the shipwreck of their romance"

4. Verb. Suffer failure, as in some enterprise.

5. Noun. An accident that destroys a ship at sea.

6. Verb. Cause to experience shipwreck. "They were shipwrecked in one of the mysteries at sea"

7. Verb. Destroy a ship. "The vessel was shipwrecked"

Definition of Shipwreck

1. n. 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. v. t. 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.

Definition of Shipwreck

1. Noun. A boat that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy. ¹

2. Noun. An event where a ship sinks or runs aground. ¹

3. Verb. To wreck a boat through a collision or mishap. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shipwreck

1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shipwreck

shippos shiproom ships shipsful shipshape shipshape and Bristol fashion shipside shipsides shipward shipwards

shipway shipways shipwide shipworm shipworms shipwreck (current term) shipwreck survivor shipwrecked shipwreckee shipwreckees

shipwrecking shipwrecks shipwrecky shipwright shipwrights shipyard shipyards shiquolts shir shiralee

Literary usage of Shipwreck

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The English Review (1850)
"I.—The Voyage and shipwreck of St. Paul: with Dissertations on the Sources of the Writings of St. Luke, and the Ships and Navigation of the Ancients. ..."

2. Federal Historic Preservation Laws by Sara K. Blumenthal (1994)
"Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Abandoned States of America in Congress assembled, shipwreck Act of ..."

3. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1886)
"shipwreck; collision ; British steamer Holm- hurst cut in two und sunk by Belgian steamer ... shipwreck ; British steamer Speke Hall sinks in Gulf of Adun ..."

4. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1901)
"SACRIFICE TO AVERT shipwreck. There are a certain number of allusions in the Greek Romances ... I have had shipwreck enough : Poseidon is wholly against us. ..."

5. The Expositor edited by William Robertson Nicoll, Samuel Cox, James Moffatt (1897)
"PAUL'S shipwreck. IN the attempt which I have made, following almost exactly the lead of James Smith, to understand and explain step by step the voyage and ..."

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