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ship Definition

ship (s̸hip)

noun

  1. any water vehicle of considerable size navigating deep water, esp. one powered by an engine
  2. a water vehicle for sailing, with a bowsprit and at least three square-rigged masts, each composed of lower, top, and topgallant members
  3. a ship's officers and crew
  4. an aircraft

Etymology: ME < OE scip, akin to Ger schiff, ON skip < IE *skeib- < *skei-, to cut, separate (> L scindere, to cut), extension of base *sek-, to cut (> saw): basic sense “hollowed-out tree trunk”

transitive verb shipped, ship′·ping

  1. to put or take on board a ship
  2. ☆ to send or transport by any carrier to ship cattle by rail
  3. to take in (water) over the gunwale or side, as in a heavy sea
  4. to put or fix (an object) in its proper place on a ship or boat ship the oars
  5. to engage (a person or persons) for work on a ship
  6. Informal to send (away, out, etc.); get rid of

intransitive verb

  1. to go aboard ship; embark
  2. to engage to serve on a ship
  3. to travel by ship

ship Idioms

ship over

to enlist or reenlist in the U.S. Navy

ship out

  1. to go to sea: said of a sailor or traveler
  2. to send by ship
  3. to leave, esp. because of not doing as well as expected: in shape up or ship out

the Ship

the constellation Argo

when (or if, etc.) one's ship comes in (or home)

when (or if, etc.) one becomes rich

ship Synonyms

ship

n.

boat, vessel, craft. see also boat.

Types of ships include: dahabeah, junk, galleon, sampan, xebec, lugger, steamer, steamship, container ship, cargo ship, cruise ship, ocean greyhound, liner, freighter, landing barge, packet, ferry, clipper, square-rigged vessel, dhow, sailing ship, transport, oil tanker, supertanker, fishing smack, lightship, pilot boat, cutter-yacht, pindjajap, lorcha, galiot, casco, patamar, caique, bilander, baghla, state barge, battleship, cruiser, destroyer, corvette, aircraft carrier, whaling vessel, bark, barkentine, brigantine, schooner, windjammer, yacht, hydrofoil, catamaran, trimaran, dragger, cutter, ketch, yawl, bugeye, sloop, brig, tug, trawler, three-master, four-master, billyboy, hoy, felucca, caravel;

ship Synonyms

ship

v.

send, consign, direct, dispatch, mail, transmit, ship out, put into the hands of a shipper, export, put on board; see also send 1.

ship Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • sink: At first too big - almost 200 grain ships sunk there in a storm in 62.
  • jump: And if you want to jump ship before May 2012?
  • abandon: With no way of repairing the damage, the order to abandon ship was given.
  • bind: As soon as he was released from military service he packed a rucksack and left England aboard a ship bound for Spain.
  • sail: Well, HE'S dead now, he is--as dead as bilge; and who's to sail this ship, I don't see.

Adjective modifier

  • tall: Allow for tall ships with a mast height of 40m to navigate the river.
  • naval: Under international law, a naval ship could only use a harbor once every three months.
  • sunken: They treated us very well with what they had, because as I have said coming off a sunken ship we had nothing.
  • Spanish: Grenville died of his wounds on the Spanish ship.

Modifies a noun

  • sailing: Jubilee Sailing Trust promotes the integration of disabled and non-disabled people through adventure tall ship sailing holidays.
  • canal: London to Portsmouth Ship Canal schemes Description: Various proposals for a ship canal which was never built.

Adjective complement

65nm: Certainly, AMD isn't expected to ship 65nm GPUs until H2 2007, and like Nvidia, it chips are made by TSMC.

Possessives

  • hull: I will sleep there, by the black ship's hull, tonight.
  • crew: Once the island is reached, sides are chosen - the mutinous pirates against the ship's crew.

Noun used with modifier

  • cruise: This site shows the design of a virtual cruise ship.
  • cargo: Old cargo ship, not much known of her.
  • sailing: Through Mighty Seas Maritime History of the NW England, primarily based on the history of over 550 sailing ships.
  • merchant: Around about the last week in July, the trawler Ayrshire arrived, bringing with her three merchant ships.
  • pirate: Outside Treasure Island a battle goes on between pirate ships.
  • Viking: Did American Clams Sail to Europe on Viking Ships?