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ship
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What does ship mean?
noun
- A water-borne vessel generally larger than a boat.
- A vessel which travels through any medium other than across land, such as an airship or spaceship.
- A spaceship.
More meanings (20)
noun
- A particular still life consisting of an empty cell surrounded by six live cells.
- A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense.
- The third card of the Lenormand deck.
- (slang) A romantic pairing of two or more characters or real people, especially one imagined by fans.
- Clipping of relationship.
- (archaic) A sailing vessel with three or more square-rigged masts.
- (dated) An aircraft.
verb
- To send by water-borne transport.
- To send (a parcel or container) to a recipient (by any means of transport).
- To release (a product, not necessarily physical) to vendors or customers; to launch.
- To engage to serve on board a vessel.
- To embark on a ship.
- To put or secure in its place.
- To take in or take on (water) over the sides of a vessel.
- To leave, depart, scram.
- To pass (from one person to another).
- (slang) To go all in.
- To trade or send (a player) to another team.
- To draw (a penalty) by bungling a kick and giving the opposing team possession.
- (slang) To support or approve of a fictional romantic relationship between two characters, typically in fan fiction or other fandom contexts.
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IPA pronunciation
/ʃɪp/
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Wherever thern ship met ship of the First Born was a battle royal, and in this I thought I saw our salvation.
So Tom was for slipping back there by himself to see if he couldn’t get at the steering-gear and land the ship.
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The articles produced here were mostly for ship work, and in the busy season the foundry was in operation night and day.
A ship of the line is one of the most magnificent combinations of the genius of man with the powers of nature.
Having scrambled twice round the ship and received many sound cuffs from the wind, they saw a sailor’s face positively shine golden.