naufrage — meaning in English
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English meaning
- castaway noun A person stranded, typically after a shipwreck, often alone on an island.
- shipwreck noun A ship that has sunk or been wrecked, or its remains.
- shipwrecked adj Left stranded as a result of a ship being wrecked.
Senses
naufrage is used for these senses in English:
- castaway Cast adrift or ashore; marooned.
- castaway (nautical) A shipwrecked sailor.
- shipwreck (countable, uncountable) An event where a ship sinks or runs aground.
- shipwrecked Stranded as a result of a shipwreck.
- sinking the process by which something sinks, or is sunk.
castaway — full definition
- noun A person stranded, typically after a shipwreck, often alone on an island.
- adj Shipwrecked or abandoned.
shipwreck — full definition
- noun A ship that has sunk or been wrecked, or its remains.
- noun Total disaster or ruin.
- verb To destroy a ship through collision, grounding, or storm.
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