when ones ship comes home
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.
to fix in a ship or boat in the proper place for use.
10.
to place (an oar) in proper position for rowing. Compare boat ( def 10 ).
11.
to send away: They shipped the kids off to camp for the summer.
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verb (used without object)
Verb phrases 12.
to go on board or travel by ship; embark.
13.
to engage to serve on a ship.
14.
Idioms ship 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, mis·shipped, mis·ship·ping.
pre·ship, verb (used with object), pre·shipped, pre·ship·ping.
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ship (ʃɪp) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a vessel propelled by engines or sails for navigating on the water, esp a large vessel that cannot be carried aboard another, as distinguished from a boat |
| 2. | nautical a large sailing vessel with three or more square-rigged masts |
| 3. | the crew of a ship |
| 4. | airship short for spaceship |
| 5. | informal any vehicle or conveyance |
| 6. | when one's ship comes in when one has become successful or wealthy |
| —vb (often foll by off) , ships, shipping, shipped | |
| 7. | to place, transport, or travel on any conveyance, esp aboard a ship: ship the microscopes by aeroplane; can we ship tomorrow? |
| 8. | (tr) nautical to take (water) over the side |
| 9. | to bring or go aboard a vessel: to ship oars |
| 10. | informal to send away, often in order to be rid of: they shipped the children off to boarding school |
| 11. | (intr) to engage to serve aboard a ship: I shipped aboard a Liverpool liner |
| 12. | informal (tr) to concede (a goal): Celtic have shipped eight goals in three away matches |
| [Old English scip; related to Old Norse skip, Old High German skif ship, scipfī cup] | |
| 'shippable | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
ship
O.E. scip "ship, boat," from P.Gmc. *skipan (cf. O.N., O.S., Goth. skip, Dan. skib, Swed. skepp, M.Du. scip, Du. schip, O.H.G. skif, Ger. Schiff), perhaps originally "tree cut out or hollowed out," and derived from PIE base *skei- "to cut, split." The O.E. word was used for small craft as well; in 19c.,
distinct from a boat in having a bowsprit and three masts, each with a lower, top, and topgallant mast. Fr. esquif, It. schifo are Gmc. loan-words. Ship-board "side of a ship" is from c.1200. Ship-shape "properly arranged" first attested 1644. Phrase ships that pass in the night is from Longfellow's poem "Aftermath" (1873). Phrase runs a tight ship is attested from 1971.
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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