wreck
🇺🇸
/rek/
🇬🇧
/rek/
noun
R
A ship that is badly damaged or sunk.
Divers explored the ship wreck at the bottom of the ocean.
R
A vehicle that is badly damaged in an accident.
After the crash, the car was a total wreck.
R
A person who is in very bad physical or mental condition.
After the stressful week, she felt like a nervous wreck.
R
Something that is in very bad condition.
Their old house was a complete wreck after the storm.
R
An accident where a vehicle hits something and is damaged.
The highway was closed due to a major car wreck.
verb
R
To damage or destroy something badly.
The storm will wreck many homes along the coast.
R
To cause something to fail completely.
Bad decisions can wreck your chances of success.
R
To damage a ship so much that it sinks or cannot sail.
The hurricane could wreck many ships in the harbor.
translation
A ship that is badly damaged or sunk.; A vehicle that is badly damaged in an accident.; A person who is in very bad physical or mental condition.; Something that is in very bad condition.; An accident where a vehicle hits something and is damaged.
To damage or destroy something badly.; To cause something to fail completely.; To damage a ship so much that it sinks or cannot sail.
Word Forms
3rd Present
wrecks
Past
wrecked
Perfect
wrecked
Progressive
wrecking
Plural
wrecks