ship

IPA: ʃˈɪp

noun

  • (nautical) A water-borne vessel generally larger than a boat.
  • (chiefly in combination) A vessel which travels through any medium other than across land, such as an airship or spaceship.
  • (cellular automata, chiefly in combination) A spaceship.
  • (cellular automata) A particular still life consisting of an empty cell surrounded by six live cells.
  • (archaic, nautical, formal) A sailing vessel with three or more square-rigged masts.
  • A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense.
  • (cartomancy) The third card of the Lenormand deck.
  • (dated) An aircraft.
  • (fandom slang) A fictional romantic relationship between two characters, either real or themselves fictional, especially one explored in fan fiction.

verb

  • (transitive) To send by water-borne transport.
  • (transitive) To send (a parcel or container) to a recipient (by any means of transport).
  • (transitive, intransitive) To release a product (not necessarily physical) to vendors or customers; to launch.
  • (transitive, intransitive) To engage to serve on board a vessel.
  • (intransitive) To embark on a ship.
  • (transitive, nautical) To put or secure in its place.
  • (transitive) To take in (water) over the sides of a vessel.
  • (colloquial, with dummy it) Leave, depart, scram.
  • (transitive, colloquial) To pass (from one person to another).
  • (poker slang, transitive, intransitive) To go all in.
  • (sports) To trade or send a player to another team.
  • (rugby) To bungle a kick and give the opposing team possession.
  • (fandom 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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Examples of "ship" in Sentences

  • He undergirded his ship at the port.
  • The ship settled near the port of Athenios.
  • The ship settled to the bottom near the port of Athenios.
  • The Port can accommodate the largest cruise ships in the world.
  • Many of the emigrants left by ship from the port town of Hanko.
  • The central battery ship was a development of the ironclad ships.
  • In port, mattresses were stuffed into the holes of the ships sides.
  • Three freelance artists drew the bulk of the ships and a few ports.
  • Analysis revealed that the port side of the ship hit the seabed first.
  • Problems with the ships engine forced the ship to be towed to the anchorage.

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