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ship⋅shape
[ship-sheyp] 
–adjective
| 1. | in good order; well-arranged; trim or tidy. |
–adverb
| 2. | in a shipshape manner. |
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| ship·shape (shĭp'shāp') adj. Marked by meticulous order and neatness; tidy. See Synonyms at neat1. [Short for obsolete shipshapen, arranged as a ship should be : ship + shapen, past participle of shape.] ship'shape' adv. |
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Shipshape
Ship"shape`\, a. Arranged in a manner befitting a ship; hence, trim; tidy; orderly. Even then she expressed her scorn for the lubbery executioner's mode of tying a knot, and did it herself in a shipshape orthodox manner. --De Quincey. Keep everything shipshape, for I must go --Tennyson.Shipshape
Ship"shape`\, adv. In a shipshape or seamanlike manner.
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Language Translation for : shipshape
Spanish:
en buen orden,
German:
in tadelloser Ordnung,
Japanese:
整った
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