[wreck] n [ME wrek, fr. AF, of Scand origin; akin to ON rek wreck; akin to OE wrecan to drive] (13c) 1: something cast up on the land by the sea esp. after a shipwreck
2. a: shipwreck b: the action of wrecking or fact or state of being wrecked: destruction 3 a: a hulk or the ruins of a wrecked ship b: the broken remains of something wrecked or otherwise ruined c: something disabled or in a state of ruin or dilapidation; also: a person or animal of broken constitution, health, or spirits
[2]wreck vt (15c) 1: to cast ashore
2. a: to reduce to a ruinous state by or as if by violence b: shipwreck c: to ruin, damage, or imperil by a wreck d: to involve in disaster or ruin
3: bring about, wreak "~ havoc" ~ vi 1: to become wrecked
2: to rob, salvage, or repair wreckage or a wreck