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Look up: wreck

  1. wreck
    [n] - something or someone that has suffered ruin or dilapidation 2. [n] - a ship that has been destroyed at sea
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. wreck
    a ship or vessel that has been cast ashore or sunk HYDROGRAPHIC DICTIONARY Category: General
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  3. Wreck
    Wreck transitive verb & noun See 2d & 3d Wreak .
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/54

  4. Wreck
    Wreck noun [ Middle English wrak , Anglo-Saxon wræc exile, persecution, misery, from wrecan to drive out, punish; akin to Dutch wrak , adj., damaged, brittle, noun , a wreck, wraken to reject, throw off, Icelandic ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/54

  5. Wreck
    Wreck transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Wrecked ; present participle & verbal noun Wrecking .] 1. To destroy, disable, or seriously damage, as a vessel, by driving it ag...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/54

  6. Wreck
    Wreck intransitive verb 1. To suffer wreck or ruin. Milton. 2. To work upon a wreck, as in saving property or lives, or in plundering.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/54

  7. wreck
    1. The destruction or injury of a vessel by being cast on shore, or on rocks, or by being disabled or sunk by the force of winds or waves; shipwreck. 'Hard and obstinate As is a rock amidst the raging floods, 'Gainst which a ship, of succor desolate, Doth suffer wreck, both of herself and goods.' (S...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  8. wreck
    noun a ship that has been destroyed at sea
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  9. wreck
    noun something or someone that has suffered ruin or dilapidation; `the house was a wreck when they bought it`; `thanks to that quack I am a human wreck`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  10. Wreck
    • (v. t. & n.) See 2d & 3d Wreak. • (v. t.) To involve in a wreck; hence, to cause to suffer ruin; to balk of success, and bring disaster on. • (v. i.) To work upon a wreck, as in saving property or lives, or in plundering. • (v. t.) To bring wreck or ruin upon by any kind of vio...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  11. Wreck
    [band] Wreck was an indie rock band formed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1988, and later based in Chicago. After releasing three albums the band split up in the mid-1990s, with singer/guitarist Dean Schlabowske going on to join The Waco Brothers. ==History== The band was formed in Milwaukee in ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wreck_(band

  12. Wreck
    A wreck (called in law Latin, wreccum maris, and in law French, wrec de mer,) signifies such goods, as after a shipwreck, are cast upon land by the sea, and left there within some county, so as not to belong to the jurisdiction of the admiralty, but to the common law. The term `wreck of the sea' inc...
    Found on http://www.lectlaw.com/def2/w056.htm

  13. Wreck
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27 May 2012

This day in history: The Queen Mary made her maiden voyage, on the Southampton-Cherbourg-New York route, on 27 May 1936. The passenger accommodation emphasised the first two classes, cabin and tourist. The propulsion machinery of the ship produced a massive 160,000 SHP and gave it a speed of over 30 knots. Despite expectations that the ship would try to break speed records on its first voyage a thick fog destroyed any hope of this. The Queen Mary spent a short time in drydock during July whilst adjustments were made to the propellers and turbines. When the ship returned to service, in August, it made a record voyage from Bishop's Rock to Ambrose light and took the Blue Riband from the Normandie. read more

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