ship

ship
I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English scip; akin to Old High German skif ship Date: before 12th century 1. a. a large seagoing vessel b. a sailing vessel having a bowsprit and usually three masts each composed of a lower mast, a topmast, and a topgallant mast 2. boat; especially one propelled by power or sail 3. a ship's crew 4. fortune 3 <
when their ship comes in they'll be able to live in better style
>
5. airship, airplane, spacecraft II. verb (shipped; shipping) Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to place or receive on board a ship for transportation by water b. to cause to be transported <
shipped him off to prep school
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2. obsolete to provide with a ship 3. to put in place for use <
ship the tiller
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4. to take into a ship or boat <
ship the gangplank
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5. to engage for service on a ship 6. to take (as water) over the sideused of a boat or a ship intransitive verb 1. to embark on a ship 2. a. to go or travel by shipoften used with out b. to proceed by ship or other means under military ordersoften used with out 3. to engage to serve on shipboard 4. to be sent for delivery <
the order will ship soon
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shippable adjective

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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