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   Ship

   /SHip/

   

   noun

   • 1. a vessel larger than a boat for transporting people or goods by sea.
   • ▪ a sailing vessel with a bowsprit and three or more square-rigged masts.
   • ▪ any boat, especially a racing boat.
   • ▪ a spaceship.
   • ▪ an aircraft.

   verb

   • 1. transport (goods or people) on a ship: "the wounded soldiers were shipped home"
   • ▪ send by some other means of transport or by mail: "the freight would be shipped by rail"
   • ▪ (of a product) be made available for purchase: "the cellular phone is expected to ship at about $500 sometime this summer"
   • ▪ (of a naval force) go to sea from a home port: "Bob got sick a week before we shipped out"
   • ▪ embark on a ship: dated "people wishing to get from London to New York ship at Liverpool"
   • ▪ (of a sailor) serve on a ship: "Jack, you shipped with the Admiral once, didn't you?"
   • 2. (of a boat) take in (water) over the side.
   • 3. take (oars) from the oarlocks and lay them inside a boat.
   • ▪ fix (something such as a rudder or mast) in its place on a ship.

   Word Origin Old Englishscip (noun), late Old English scipian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schip and German Schiff.

   Derivatives

   • 1. shipless adjective
   • 2. shippable adjective

   Scrabble Points: 9

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   The meaning of SHIP is a large seagoing vessel. How to use ship in a sentence.

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   Ship definition: a vessel, especially a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines.. See examples of SHIP used in a sentence.

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   SHIP definition: 1. a large boat for travelling on water, especially across the sea: 2. to send something, usually…. Learn more.

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   SHIP meaning: 1. a large boat for travelling on water, especially across the sea: 2. to send something, usually…. Learn more.

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   A ship is a large sea-going vessel, and it's also a way to transport goods. You can ship things on a ship — but, confusingly, you can also ship them on a truck or a train. A ship is like a boat, only larger — some definitions of a sailing ship say it has at least three masts.

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   ship. (shĭp) n. 1. a. A vessel of considerable size for deep-water navigation. b. A sailing vessel having three or more square-rigged masts. 2. An aircraft or spacecraft. 3. The crew of one of these vessels. 4. One's fortune: When my ship comes in, I'll move to a larger house. v.shipped, ship·ping, ships. v.tr. 1.

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   Definition of ship noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.