To let go (a cable or rope securing a vessel to a buoy, wharf, etc.) so that the vessel may make way.
To discard or reject something.
To finish the last row of knitted stitches and remove them securely from the needle.
To estimate the amount of space required by the type used for the given copy.
To wreck a boat through a collision or mishap.
An event where a ship sinks or runs aground.
A ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy.
destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss