SHIP (shipped, shipping)

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Irregular inflected forms: shipped    , shipping   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does ship mean? 

• SHIP (noun)
  The noun SHIP has 1 sense:

1. a vessel that carries passengers or freight

  Familiarity information: SHIP used as a noun is very rare.

• SHIP (verb)
  The verb SHIP has 5 senses:

1. transport commercially

2. hire for work on a ship

3. go on board

4. travel by ship

5. place on board a ship

  Familiarity information: SHIP used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHIP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A vessel that carries passengers or freight

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("ship" is a kind of...):

vessel; watercraft (a craft designed for water transportation)

Meronyms (parts of "ship"):

winch; windlass (lifting device consisting of a horizontal cylinder turned by a crank on which a cable or rope winds)

ratlin; ratline ((nautical) a small horizontal rope between the shrouds of a sailing ship; they form a ladder for climbing aloft)

screw; screw propeller (a propeller with several angled blades that rotates to push against water or air)

ridge rope (either of a pair of lifelines running alongside the bowsprit of a ship)

after part; poop; quarter; stern; tail (the rear part of a ship)

riding bitt (one of the large bitts used to secure the cable of a dropped anchor)

drogue; sea anchor (restraint consisting of a canvas covered frame that floats behind a vessel; prevents drifting or maintains the heading into a wind)

mainsheet; sheet; shroud; tack; weather sheet ((nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind)

topside ((usually plural) weather deck; the part of a ship's hull that is above the waterline)

top (platform surrounding the head of a lower mast)

frame; skeletal frame; skeleton; underframe (the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape)

superstructure (structure consisting of the part of a ship above the main deck)

spar (a stout rounded pole of wood or metal used to support rigging)

porthole (a window in a ship or airplane)

bilge well ((nautical) a well where seepage drains to be pumped away)

bulkhead (a partition that divides a ship or plane into compartments)

bulwark (a fencelike structure around a deck (usually plural))

cargo area; cargo deck; cargo hold; hold; storage area (the space in a ship or aircraft for storing cargo)

crow's nest (platform for a lookout at or near the top of a mast)

davit (a crane-like device (usually one of a pair) for suspending or lowering equipment (as a lifeboat))

deck (any of various platforms built into a vessel)

bilge pump (a pump to remove bilgewater)

fin (a stabilizer on a ship that resembles the fin of a fish)

fo'c'sle; forecastle (living quarters consisting of a superstructure in the bow of a merchant ship where the crew is housed)

funnel ((nautical) smokestack consisting of a shaft for ventilation or the passage of smoke (especially the smokestack of a ship))

caboose; cookhouse; galley; ship's galley (the area for food preparation on a ship)

bay (a compartment on a ship between decks; often used as a hospital)

gyrostabiliser; gyrostabilizer (a stabilizer consisting of a heavy gyroscope that spins on a vertical axis; reduces side-to-side rolling of a ship or plane)

helm (steering mechanism for a vessel; a mechanical device by which a vessel is steered)

log (measuring instrument that consists of a float that trails from a ship by a knotted line in order to measure the ship's speed through the water)

lubber's hole (hole in a platform on a mast through which a sailor can climb without going out on the shrouds)

Domain member category:

harborage; harbourage ((nautical) a place of refuge (as for a ship))

foundering; going under ((of a ship) sinking)

embrasure; port; porthole (an opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through)

destabilization (an event that causes a loss of equilibrium (as of a ship or aircraft))

messmate ((nautical) an associate with whom you share meals in the same mess (as on a ship))

drift (the gradual departure from an intended course due to external influences (as a ship or plane))

leeway ((of a ship or plane) sideways drift)

trim (adjust (sails on a ship) so that the wind is optimally used)

carvel-built ((of ships) built with flush (rather than overlapping) hull planks)

clincher-built; clinker-built; lap-strake; lap-straked; lap-streak; lap-streaked (having overlapping hull planks)

broken-backed; hogged ((of a ship) so weakened as to sag at each end)

astern ((of a ship or an airplane) behind)

beam ((nautical) breadth amidships)

planking ((nautical) a covering or flooring constructed of planks (as on a ship))

magnetic mine ((nautical) a marine mine that is detonated by a mechanism that responds to magnetic material (as the steel hull of a ship))

lurch; pitch; pitching (abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance))

sick berth; sickbay ((nautical) a room for the treatment of the sick or injured (as on a ship))

funnel ((nautical) smokestack consisting of a shaft for ventilation or the passage of smoke (especially the smokestack of a ship))

engine room; engineering (a room (as on a ship) in which the engine is located)

bitt; bollard (a strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines))

belaying pin (a wood or metal bar to which a rope can be secured (as on a ship or in mountain climbing))

auxiliary engine; donkey engine ((nautical) a small engine (as one used on board ships to operate a windlass))

auxiliary boiler; donkey boiler ((nautical) an extra boiler (as a ship's boiler that is used while the ship is in port))

log (a written record of events on a voyage (of a ship or plane))

brig (a penal institution (especially on board a ship))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ship"):

blockade-runner (a ship that runs through or around a naval blockade)

wreck (a ship that has been destroyed at sea)

whaler; whaling ship (a ship engaged in whale fishing)

combat ship; war vessel; warship (a government ship that is available for waging war)

troopship (ship for transporting troops)

treasure ship (a 16th-century ship loaded with treasure)

transport ship (a ship for carrying soldiers or military equipment)

three-decker (any ship having three decks)

supply ship; tender (ship that usually provides supplies to other ships)

steamer; steamship (a ship powered by one or more steam engines)

small ship (a ship that is small)

slave ship (a ship used to transport slaves from their homes to places of bondage)

sister ship (a ship that is one of two or more similar ships built at the same time)

shipwreck (a wrecked ship (or a part of one))

school ship; training ship (a ship used to train students as sailors)

passenger ship (a ship built to carry passengers)

abandoned ship; derelict (a ship abandoned on the high seas)

cargo ship; cargo vessel (a ship designed to carry cargo)

flagship (the ship that carries the commander of a fleet and flies his flag)

gas-turbine ship (a ship powered by a gas turbine)

hospital ship (a ship built to serve as a hospital; used for wounded in wartime)

hulk (a ship that has been wrecked and abandoned)

iceboat; icebreaker (a ship with a reinforced bow to break up ice and keep channels open for navigation)

lightship (a ship equipped like a lighthouse and anchored where a permanent lighthouse would be impracticable)

minelayer (ship equipped for laying marine mines)

minesweeper (ship equipped to detect and then destroy or neutralize or remove marine mines)

nuclear-powered ship (ship whose motive power comes from the energy of a nuclear reactor)

pirate; pirate ship (a ship that is manned by pirates)

Instance hyponyms:

Mayflower (the ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from England to Massachusetts in 1620)

Bounty; H.M.S. Bounty (a ship of the British navy; in 1789 part of the crew mutinied against their commander William Bligh and set him afloat in an open boat)

Holonyms ("ship" is a member of...):

fleet (a group of steamships operating together under the same ownership)

Derivation:

ship (place on board a ship)

ship (travel by ship)

ship (go on board)

ship (hire for work on a ship)

• SHIP (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they ship    ... he / she / it ships   
Past simple: shipped   
Past participle: shipped   
-ing form: shipping   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Transport commercially

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

send; ship; transport

Hypernyms (to "ship" is one way to...):

displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "ship"):

barge (transport by barge on a body of water)

railroad (transport by railroad)

despatch; dispatch; send off (send away towards a designated goal)

forward; send on (send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

Sentence examples:

They ship the parcel to their parents
They ship them the parcel

Derivation:

shipment (the act of sending off something)

shipment (goods carried by a large vehicle)

shipper (a company in the business of shipping freight)

shipper (someone who ships goods)

shipping (the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Hire for work on a ship

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "ship" is one way to...):

employ; engage; hire (engage or hire for work)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

ship (a vessel that carries passengers or freight)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Go on board

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

embark; ship

Hypernyms (to "ship" is one way to...):

board; get on (get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.))

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "ship"):

emplane; enplane (board a plane)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

ship (a vessel that carries passengers or freight)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Travel by ship

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "ship" is one way to...):

journey; travel (travel upon or across)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

ship (a vessel that carries passengers or freight)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Place on board a ship

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

ship the cargo in the hold of the vessel

Hypernyms (to "ship" is one way to...):

lay; place; pose; position; put; set (put into a certain place or abstract location)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "ship"):

reship (place on a ship again or transfer to another ship)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

ship (a vessel that carries passengers or freight)

 Context examples 

There's time, and to spare, for me to go and come back before the ship sails.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

“Don't rightly know, don't you! Perhaps you don't happen to rightly know who you was speaking to, perhaps? Come, now, what was he jawing—v'yages, cap'ns, ships? Pipe up! What was it?”

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

I took my passage in the same ship, but he escaped, I know not how.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

He didn’t, but he will, an’ he’ll break that squarehead’s heart, or it’s little I know iv the ways iv men on the ships iv the sea.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Now, I pray you, Alleyne, if a man were to take a ship and spread sail across yonder waters, where might he hope to arrive?

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I cleaned myself up, got back to land, and joined my ship without a soul having a suspicion of what had passed.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

And on the last night of the second week they topped White Pass and dropped down the sea slope with the lights of Skaguay and of the shipping at their feet.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

But I am captain, and I must not leave my ship.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Your ship is about to come in, dear Sagittarius.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

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