Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 11th Edition
WRECK
I. noun
Etymology: Middle English wrek, from Anglo-French, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse rek wreck; akin to Old English wrecan to drive
Date: 12th century
something cast up on the land by the sea especially after a shipwreck,
2. shipwreck , the action of wrecking or fact or state of being wrecked ; destruction , a violent and destructive crash ,
3. a hulk or the ruins of a wrecked ship, the broken remains of something wrecked or otherwise ruined, something disabled or in a state of ruin or dilapidation ,
II. verb
Date: 14th century
transitive verb to cast ashore,
2. to reduce to a ruinous state by or as if by violence , shipwreck , to ruin, damage, or imperil by a wreck , bring about , wreak , intransitive verb to become wrecked, to rob, salvage, or repair wreckage or a wreck