Ship Definition
- A well-managed and efficient business, household, or organization:
We run a tight ship.
- A well-managed and efficient business, household, or organization:
We run a tight ship.
- to reenlist in the U.S. Navy
- to go to sea
- to leave, esp. because of not doing as well as expected
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Ship
- tight ship
- tight ship
- ship over
- ship out
- the Ship
- when (or if, etc.) one's ship comes in (or home)
Origin of Ship
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Cognate with West Frisian skip, Dutch schip, German Schiff, Yiddish שיף (shif), Danish skib, Swedish skepp. Related also to Lithuanian skiẽbti (“to rip up"), Latvian Å¡kibît (“to cut, lop").
From Wiktionary
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From Middle English -shippe, from Old English -sciepe, -scipe (“shape, form, state"), from Proto-Germanic *-skapiz. Compare Scots -schip, West Frisian -skip, Dutch -schap, German -schaft, Danish -skab.
From Wiktionary
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From Middle English ship, schip, from Old English scip, from Proto-Germanic *skipą, from Proto-Indo-European *skēi-b-, *ski-b-.
From Wiktionary
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ME < OE -scipe (akin to Ger -schaft, Du -scap) < base of scieppan, to create: see shape
From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition
Middle English from Old English -scipe
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English from Old English scip
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English from Old English scip
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From relationship.
From Wiktionary
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