Shipnoun
A water-borne vessel generally larger than a boat.
Carlingnoun
(nautical) A piece of squared timber fitted fore-and-aft between the deck beams of a wooden ship to provide support for the deck planking.
Shipnoun
A vessel which travels through any medium other than across land, such as an airship or spaceship.
Carlingnoun
old woman
Shipnoun
A sailing vessel with three or more square-rigged masts.
Carlingnoun
A cultivar of field pea or maple pea, dried, soaked, boiled, then fried.
Shipnoun
A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense.
Shipnoun
(cartomancy) The third card of the Lenormand deck.
Shipnoun
(fandom) A fictional romantic relationship between two characters, either real or themselves fictional.
Shipverb
(transitive) To send by water-borne transport.
Shipverb
(transitive) To send (a parcel or container) to a recipient (by any means of transport).
‘to ship freight by railroad’;
Shipverb
(ambitransitive) To release a product to vendors; to launch.
‘Our next issue ships early next year.’; ‘The developers had to ship the game two weeks late.’;
Shipverb
(ambitransitive) To engage to serve on board a vessel.
‘to ship seamen’; ‘I shipped on a man-of-war.’;
Shipverb
(intransitive) To embark on a ship.
Shipverb
To put in its place.
‘to ship the tiller or rudder’;
Shipverb
(transitive) To take in (water) over the sides of a vessel.
‘We were shipping so much water I was sure we would capsize.’;
Shipverb
(transitive) To pass (from one person to another).
‘Can you ship me the ketchup?’;
Shipverb
To go all in.
Shipverb
(sports) To trade or send a player to another team.
‘Twins ship Delmon Young to Tigers.’;
Shipverb
(rugby) To bungle a kick and give the opposing team possession.
Shipverb
(fandom) To support or approve of a fictional romantic relationship between two characters, either real or themselves fictional, typically in fan fiction.
‘I ship Kirk and Spock in “Star Trek”.’; ‘I ship Peggy and Angie in “Marvel's Agent Carter”.’;
Shipnoun
Pay; reward.
‘In withholding or abridging of the ship or the hire or the wages of servants.’;
Shipnoun
Any large seagoing vessel.
‘Like a stately ship . . . With all her bravery on, and tackle trim,Sails filled, and streamers waving.’; ‘Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State!’;
Shipnoun
Specifically, a vessel furnished with a bowsprit and three masts (a mainmast, a foremast, and a mizzenmast), each of which is composed of a lower mast, a topmast, and a topgallant mast, and square-rigged on all masts. See Illustation in Appendix.
Shipnoun
A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense.
Shipverb
To put on board of a ship, or vessel of any kind, for transportation; to send by water.
‘The timber was . . . shipped in the bay of Attalia, from whence it was by sea transported to Pelusium.’;
Shipverb
By extension, in commercial usage, to commit to any conveyance for transportation to a distance; as, to ship freight by railroad.
Shipverb
Hence, to send away; to get rid of.
Shipverb
To engage or secure for service on board of a ship; as, to ship seamen.
Shipverb
To receive on board ship; as, to ship a sea.
Shipverb
To put in its place; as, to ship the tiller or rudder.
Shipverb
To engage to serve on board of a vessel; as, to ship on a man-of-war.
Shipverb
To embark on a ship.
Shipnoun
a vessel that carries passengers or freight
Shipverb
transport commercially
Shipverb
hire for work on a ship
Shipverb
go on board
Shipverb
travel by ship
Shipverb
place on board a ship;
‘ship the cargo in the hold of the vessel’;
Ship
A ship is a large watercraft that travels the world's oceans and other sufficiently deep waterways, carrying goods or passengers, or in support of specialized missions, such as defense, research, and fishing. Ships are generally distinguished from boats, based on size, shape, load capacity, and tradition.