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noun
1.
a vessel, especially a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines.
2.
Nautical.
a.
a sailing vessel square-rigged on all of three or more masts, having jibs, staysails, and a spanker on the aftermost mast.
b.
Now Rare. a bark having more than three masts. Compare shipentine.
3.
the crew and, sometimes, the passengers of a vessel: The captain gave the ship shore leave.
4.
an airship, airplane, or spacecraft.
verb (used with object)
5.
to put or take on board a ship or other means of transportation; to send or transport by ship, rail, truck, plane, etc.
6.
Nautical. to take in (water) over the side, as a vessel does when waves break over it.
7.
to bring (an object) into a ship or boat.
8.
to engage (someone) for service on a ship.
9.
EXPANDto fix in a ship or boat in the proper place for use.
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Shipped
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
verb (used without object)
Verb phrase12.
to go on board or travel by ship; embark.
13.
to engage to serve on a ship.
14.
Idiomsship out,
a.
to leave, especially for another country or assignment: He said goodby to his family and shipped out for the West Indies.
b.
to send away, especially to another country or assignment.
c.
15.
jump ship,
a.
to escape from a ship, especially one in foreign waters or a foreign port, as to avoid further service as a sailor or to request political asylum.
b.
to withdraw support or membership from a group, organization, cause, etc.; defect or desert: Some of the more liberal members have jumped ship.
16.
run a tight ship, to exercise a close, strict control over a ship's crew, a company, organization, or the like.
17.
when one's ship comes in/home, when one's fortune is assured: She'll buy a car as soon as her ship comes in.
Origin:
before 900; (noun) Middle English; Old English scip; cognate with Dutch schip, German Schiff, Old Norse, Gothic skip; (v.) Middle English s(c)hip(p)en, derivative of the noun
before 900; (noun) Middle English; Old English scip; cognate with Dutch schip, German Schiff, Old Norse, Gothic skip; (v.) Middle English s(c)hip(p)en, derivative of the noun
Related forms
ship·less, adjective
ship·less·ly, adverb
mis·ship, verb, -shipped, -ship·ping.
pre·ship, verb (used with object), -shipped, -ship·ping.
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ship
c.1300, "to send or transport by ship," from ship (n.). Transf. to other means of conveyance (railroad, etc.) from 1857, originally Amer.Eng. Shipment "that which is shipped" is from 1861.
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