ship.
A water-borne vessel generally larger than a boat.
Meaning & usage
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.
A particular still life consisting of an empty cell surrounded by six live cells.
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.
The third card of the Lenormand deck.
An aircraft.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sek-? Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *skey-der.? Proto-Germanic *skipą Proto-West Germanic *skip Old English scip Middle English schip English ship From Middle English chip, schepe, schip, schup, scip, scippe, ship, shup, ssip, from Old English sċip, sċyp, from Proto-West Germanic *skip, from Proto-Germanic *skipą (“ship; tub, vessel”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *skey- (“to split”). More at shift. Cognates Cognate with North Frisian schap, skap, Skep (“ship”), Saterland Frisian Schip, Skip (“ship”), West Frisian skip (“ship”), Central Franconian Scheff (“ship”), Dutch schip (“ship”), German Schiff (“ship”), Low German Schipp (“ship”), Luxembourgish Schëff (“ship”), Vilamovian śejf, siejft (“ship”), Yiddish שיף (shif, “ship”), Danish skib (“ship”), Faroese, Icelandic, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk skip (“ship”), Swedish skepp (“ship”), Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌹𐍀 (skip, “ship”). Compare typologically boat, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd-.
To send by water-borne transport.
To send (a parcel or container) to a recipient (by any means of transport).
to ship freight by railroad
To release (a product, not necessarily physical) to vendors or customers; to launch.
Our next issue ships early next year.
It compiles? Ship it!
To engage to serve on board a vessel.
to ship seamen
I shipped on a man-of-war.
To embark on a ship.
To put or secure in its place.
to ship the tiller or rudder
To take in or take on (water) over the sides of a vessel.
We were shipping so much water I was sure we would capsize.
To leave, depart, scram.
To pass (from one person to another).
Can you ship me the ketchup?
To go all in.
To trade or send (a player) to another team.
Twins ship Delmon Young to Tigers.
To draw (a penalty) by bungling a kick and giving the opposing team possession.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English schippen, schipen, from Old English sċipian, from Proto-West Germanic *skipōn, from Proto-Germanic *skipōną, from Proto-Germanic *skipą (“ship”). Doublet of equip.
A romantic pairing of two or more characters or real people, especially one imagined by fans.
Clipping of relationship.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree English relation Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English relationshipclip. English ship Clipping of relationship.
To support or approve of a fictional romantic relationship between two characters, typically in fan fiction or other fandom contexts.
I ship Kirk and Spock in Star Trek.
I ship Peggy and Angie in Marvel's Agent Carter.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree English relation Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English relationshipclip. English ship Clipping of relationship.
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