Total vs. Wreck
Total and Wreck Definitions
Total
An amount obtained by addition; a sum.
Wreck
The act of destroying or the state of being destroyed; destruction
"The filmmaker ... was hardly the first person to blame misguided agriculture for the wreck of the plains" (Timothy Egan).
Total
The whole amount of something; the entirety
The storm damaged the total of the housing units.
Wreck
Accidental destruction of a ship; a shipwreck.
Total
Of, relating to, or constituting the whole amount; entire
The total population of the city.
Wreck
The stranded hulk of a severely damaged ship.
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Total
Complete; utter; absolute
Total concentration.
A total effort.
A total fool.
Wreck
Fragments of a ship or its cargo cast ashore by the sea after a shipwreck; wreckage.
Total
To determine the total of; add up
They totaled the applications at 600.
Wreck
An automobile or railroad collision or accident
Witnessed a wreck on the highway.
Total
To equal a total of; amount to
The week's receipts totaled more than $90,000.
Wreck
The remains of something that has been wrecked, especially an automobile that has crashed
Walked away unharmed from the wreck.
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Total
To wreck completely; demolish
The driver survived the crash but totaled the car.
Wreck
Something that is dilapidated or worn out
Still driving that wreck of a car.
Living in a wreck of a house.
Total
To add up; amount
It totals to $25.
Wreck
A person who is physically or mentally worn out.
Total
An amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts.
A total of £145 was raised by the bring-and-buy stall.
Wreck
To cause the destruction of in a collision
Wrecked the car by hitting a tree.
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Total
Sum.
The total of 4, 5 and 6 is 15.
Wreck
To dismantle or raze; tear down.
Total
Entire; relating to the whole of something.
The total book is rubbish from start to finish.
The total number of votes cast is 3,270.
Wreck
To cause to undergo ruin or disaster
An argument that wrecked their friendship. See Usage Note at wreak.
Total
(used as an intensifier) Complete; absolute.
He is a total failure.
Wreck
To suffer destruction or ruin; become wrecked
A ship that wrecked on the rocks.
Total
(mathematics) (of a function) Defined on all possible inputs.
The Ackermann function is one of the simplest and earliest examples of a total computable function that is not primitive recursive.
Wreck
(Informal) To experience or cause an accident in which the vehicle one is riding in is badly damaged
They were speeding over 70 miles an hour when they wrecked.
Total
(transitive) To add up; to calculate the sum of.
When we totalled the takings, we always got a different figure.
Wreck
To work as a wrecker.
Total
To equal a total of; to amount to.
That totals seven times so far.
Wreck
Something or someone that has been ruined.
He was an emotional wreck after the death of his wife.
Total
To demolish; to wreck completely. (from total loss)
Honey, I’m OK, but I’ve totaled the car.
Wreck
The remains of something that has been severely damaged or worn down.
Total
(intransitive) To amount to; to add up to.
It totals nearly a pound.
Wreck
An event in which something is damaged through collision.
Total
Whole; not divided; entire; full; complete; absolute; as, a total departure from the evidence; a total loss.
Wreck
A shipwreck: an event in which a ship is heavily damaged or destroyed.
Total
The whole; the whole sum or amount; as, these sums added make the grand total of five millions.
Wreck
Goods, etc. cast ashore by the sea after a shipwreck.
Total
To bring to a total; also, to reach as a total; to amount to.
Wreck
(ornithology) A large number of birds that have been brought to the ground, injured or dead, by extremely adverse weather.
Total
To determine the total of (a set of numbers); to add; - often used with up; as, to total up the bill.
Wreck
(transitive) To destroy violently; to cause severe damage to something, to a point where it no longer works, or is useless.
He wrecked the car in a collision.
That adulterous hussy wrecked my marriage!
Total
To damage beyond repair; - used especially of vehicles damaged in an accident; as, he skid on an ice patch and totaled his Mercedes against a tree. From total loss.
Wreck
(transitive) To ruin or dilapidate.
Total
The whole amount
Wreck
To dismantle wrecked vehicles or other objects, to reclaim any useful parts.
Total
A quantity obtained by addition
Wreck
(transitive) To involve in a wreck; hence, to cause to suffer ruin; to balk of success, and bring disaster on.
Total
Add up in number or quantity;
The bills amounted to $2,000
The bill came to $2,000
Wreck
(intransitive) To be involved in a wreck; to be damaged or destroyed.
Total
Determine the sum of;
Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town
Wreck
See 2d & 3d Wreak.
Total
Constituting the full quantity or extent; complete;
An entire town devastated by an earthquake
Gave full attention
A total failure
Wreck
To destroy, disable, or seriously damage, as a vessel, by driving it against the shore or on rocks, by causing it to become unseaworthy, to founder, or the like; to shipwreck.
Supposing that they saw the king's ship wrecked.
Total
Including everything;
The overall cost
The total amount owed
Wreck
To bring wreck or ruin upon by any kind of violence; to destroy, as a railroad train.
Total
Without conditions or limitations;
A total ban
Wreck
To involve in a wreck; hence, to cause to suffer ruin; to balk of success, and bring disaster on.
Weak and envied, if they should conspire,They wreck themselves.
Total
Complete in extent or degree and in every particular;
A full game
A total eclipse
A total disaster
Wreck
To suffer wreck or ruin.
Wreck
To work upon a wreck, as in saving property or lives, or in plundering.
Wreck
The destruction or injury of a vessel by being cast on shore, or on rocks, or by being disabled or sunk by the force of winds or waves; shipwreck.
Hard and obstinateAs is a rock amidst the raging floods,'Gainst which a ship, of succor desolate,Doth suffer wreck, both of herself and goods.
Wreck
Destruction or injury of anything, especially by violence; ruin; as, the wreck of a railroad train.
The wreck of matter and the crush of worlds.
Its intellectual life was thus able to go on amidst the wreck of its political life.
Wreck
The ruins of a ship stranded; a ship dashed against rocks or land, and broken, or otherwise rendered useless, by violence and fracture; as, they burned the wreck.
Wreck
The remain of anything ruined or fatally injured.
To the fair haven of my native home,The wreck of what I was, fatigued I come.
Wreck
Goods, etc., which, after a shipwreck, are cast upon the land by the sea.
Wreck
Something or someone that has suffered ruin or dilapidation;
The house was a wreck when they bought it
Thanks to that quack I am a human wreck
Wreck
An accident that destroys a ship at sea
Wreck
A serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles);
They are still investigating the crash of the TWA plane
Wreck
A ship that has been destroyed at sea
Wreck
Smash or break forcefully;
The kid busted up the car
