slovo | definícia |
shipwreck (encz) | shipwreck,vrak n: Zdeněk Brož |
shipwreck (encz) | shipwreck,ztroskotat jk |
Shipwreck (gcide) | Shipwreck \Ship"wreck`\, n.
1. 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.
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2. A ship wrecked or destroyed upon the water, or the parts
of such a ship; wreckage. --Dryden.
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3. Fig.: Destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss.
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Holding faith and a good conscience, which some
having put away concerning faith have made
shipwreck. --1 Tim. 1.
19.
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It was upon an Indian bill that the late ministry
had made shipwreck. --J. Morley.
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Shipwreck (gcide) | Shipwreck \Ship"wreck`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shipwrecked; p.
pr. & vb. n. Shipwrecking.]
1. 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.
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Shipwrecking storms and direful thunders break.
--Shak.
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2. To cause to experience shipwreck, as sailors or
passengers. Hence, to cause to suffer some disaster or
loss; to destroy or ruin, as if by shipwreck; to wreck;
as, to shipwreck a business. --Addison.
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shipwreck (wn) | shipwreck
n 1: a wrecked ship (or a part of one)
2: an irretrievable loss; "that was the shipwreck of their
romance"
3: an accident that destroys a ship at sea [syn: shipwreck,
wreck]
v 1: ruin utterly; "You have shipwrecked my career"
2: suffer failure, as in some enterprise
3: cause to experience shipwreck; "They were shipwrecked in one
of the mysteries at sea"
4: destroy a ship; "The vessel was shipwrecked" |
SHIPWRECK (bouvier) | SHIPWRECK. The loss of a vessel at sea, either. by being swallowed up by the
waves, by running against another vessel or thing at sea, or on the coast.
Vide Naufrage; Wreck.
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| podobné slovo | definícia |
be shipwrecked (encz) | be shipwrecked,ztroskotat be shipwrecked,ztroskotávat |
shipwreck (encz) | shipwreck,vrak n: Zdeněk Brožshipwreck,ztroskotat jk |
shipwreck survivor (encz) | shipwreck survivor, n: |
shipwrecked (encz) | shipwrecked,ztroskotaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
shipwrecked person (encz) | shipwrecked person,ztroskotanec |
Shipwrecked (gcide) | Shipwreck \Ship"wreck`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shipwrecked; p.
pr. & vb. n. Shipwrecking.]
1. 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.
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Shipwrecking storms and direful thunders break.
--Shak.
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2. To cause to experience shipwreck, as sailors or
passengers. Hence, to cause to suffer some disaster or
loss; to destroy or ruin, as if by shipwreck; to wreck;
as, to shipwreck a business. --Addison.
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Shipwrecking (gcide) | Shipwreck \Ship"wreck`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shipwrecked; p.
pr. & vb. n. Shipwrecking.]
1. 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.
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Shipwrecking storms and direful thunders break.
--Shak.
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2. To cause to experience shipwreck, as sailors or
passengers. Hence, to cause to suffer some disaster or
loss; to destroy or ruin, as if by shipwreck; to wreck;
as, to shipwreck a business. --Addison.
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shipwreck (wn) | shipwreck
n 1: a wrecked ship (or a part of one)
2: an irretrievable loss; "that was the shipwreck of their
romance"
3: an accident that destroys a ship at sea [syn: shipwreck,
wreck]
v 1: ruin utterly; "You have shipwrecked my career"
2: suffer failure, as in some enterprise
3: cause to experience shipwreck; "They were shipwrecked in one
of the mysteries at sea"
4: destroy a ship; "The vessel was shipwrecked" |
shipwreck survivor (wn) | shipwreck survivor
n 1: a shipwrecked person [syn: castaway, {shipwreck
survivor}] |
SHIPWRECK (bouvier) | SHIPWRECK. The loss of a vessel at sea, either. by being swallowed up by the
waves, by running against another vessel or thing at sea, or on the coast.
Vide Naufrage; Wreck.
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