The definition of a ship is a large boat or a vessel.
(noun)An example of a ship is the Santa Maria.
To ship is defined as to transport or send something.
(verb)An example of to ship is to send a package to a friend for her birthday.
See ship in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
Origin: 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, shipping
intransitive verb
Origin: ME < OE -scipe (akin to Ger -schaft, Du -scap) < base of scieppan, to create: see shape
See ship in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
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Origin: Middle English
Origin: , from Old English scip
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Origin: Middle English
Origin: , from Old English -scipe
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