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# wreck

«wreck» in Mova's school dictionary: **A ship, car, plane or building that has been badly…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a wreck, wrecks); verb (wreck, wrecks, wrecked, wrecking)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A ship, car, plane or building that has been badly damaged or destroyed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wreck/#m1)

2) (verb) To damage or destroy something badly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wreck/#m2)

3) (verb) To spoil plans or chances: «The rain wrecked our picnic.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wreck/#m3)

4) (informal) A person who is very tired, ill or upset: «I'm a wreck.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wreck/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In history and stories: shipwrecks, divers exploring a wreck. In everyday life: «The kids wrecked the room» means made a big mess. In safety: never play near a car wreck or old building. Phrases: «a nervous wreck», «shipwreck».

### examples

- Divers explored the wreck of the old ship. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wreck/#x1)
- The storm wrecked the garden fence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wreck/#x2)
- Don't wreck your sister's sandcastle! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wreck/#x3)
- Rain wrecked our plans for a barbecue. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wreck/#x4)
- After the long journey, I was a total wreck. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wreck/#x5)
- The car was a wreck after the crash, but everyone was safe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wreck/#x6)
- "It is a chest of gold lost from some wreck," they cried. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wreck/#x7)

### note

Silent w: say «rek». Regular verb: wrecked. Do not confuse with «reck» (old word) or «wreak» (as in «wreak havoc»). Wreckage = the broken pieces left.

### In the corpora

- [A diary is private; using a secret found by snooping to embarrass someone can wreck trust for a long time.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/500-the-big-sister-bossy-protective-borrowing-your-stuff/35/)
- [In Houston, Aaliyah's little sisters wreck her slime collection.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/502-minding-the-little-ones-youre-the-oldest/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «wreck» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wreck/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.