English
ship
Pronunciation Etymology 1

From Middle English ship, schip, from Old English sċip, from Proto-West Germanic *skip, from Proto-Germanic *skipą, from Proto-Indo-European *skēyb-, *skib-.

Cognate with Western Frisian skip, Dutch schip, German Schiff, Yiddish שיף, Danish skib, Norwegian skip, Swedish skepp. Related also to Lithuanian skiẽbti, Latvian skibit, Ancient Greek σκάφη.

Noun

ship (plural ships)

  1. (nautical) A water-borne vessel generally larger than a boat.
  2. (chiefly, in combination) A vessel which travels through any medium other than across land, such as an airship or spaceship.
  3. (cellular automata, chiefly, in combination) A spaceship.
  4. (cellular automata) A particular still life consisting of an empty cell surrounded by six live cells.
  5. (archaic, nautical, formal) A sailing vessel with three or more square-rigged masts.
  6. A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense[15th century].
  7. (cartomancy) The third card of the Lenormand deck.
  8. (dated) An aircraft.
    • 1944, Wolfgang Langewiesche, Stick and Rudder: An Explanation of the Art of Flying:
      This means that the landing wheels are not so far forward of the ship's center of gravity ; and that means that ground contact is less likely to produce a bounce.
    • 1994, American Aviation Historical Society Journal, page 107:
      In addition to the four NAA pilots, three Air Force and one RAF pilot, all based at Edwards, flew the ship after first being checked out on the "tether rig."
Translations Translations Etymology 2

From Middle English schippen, schipen, from Old English sċipian, from Proto-Germanic *skipōną, from Proto-Germanic *skipą.

Verb

ship (ships, present participle shipping; simple past and past participle shipped)

  1. (transitive) To send by water-borne transport.
    • 1603, Richard Knolles, The Generall Historie of the Turkes, […], London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC ↗:
      The timber was […] shipped in the bay of Attalia, […] from whence it was by sea transported to Palusium.
  2. (transitive) To send (a parcel or container) to a recipient (by any means of transport).
    to ship freight by railroad
  3. (ambitransitive) To release a product (not necessarily physical) to vendors or customers; to launch.
    Our next issue ships early next year.
    It compiles? Ship it!
  4. (ambitransitive) To engage to serve on board a vessel.
    to ship seamen
    I shipped on a man-of-war.
    • 1851 November 13, Herman Melville, “chapter 19”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC ↗:
      With finger pointed and eye levelled at the Pequod, the beggar-like stranger stood a moment, as if in a troubled reverie; then starting a little, turned and said:—“Ye’ve shipped, have ye? Names down on the papers? Well, well, what’s signed, is signed; and what’s to be, will be; […]
  5. (intransitive) To embark on a ship.
    • 1885–1888, Richard F[rancis] Burton, transl. and editor, “Night 563”, in A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights' Entertainments, now Entituled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night […], Shammar edition, volume (please specify the volume), [London]: […] Burton Club […], →OCLC ↗:
      I shipped with them and becoming friends, we set forth on our venture, in health and safety; and sailed with a fair wind, till we came to a city called Madínat-al-Sín; […]
  6. (transitive, nautical) To put or secure in its place.
    to ship the tiller or rudder
  7. (transitive) To take in (water) over the sides of a vessel.
    • 1820, [Charles Robert Maturin], Melmoth the Wanderer: A Tale. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Company, and Hurst, Robinson, and Co., […], →OCLC ↗, page 159 ↗:
      She was half in the water, a mere hulk, her rigging torn to shreds, her main mast cut away, and every sea she shipped, Melmoth could hear distinctly the dying cries of those who were swept away, or perhaps of those whose mind and body, alike exhausted, relaxed their benumbed hold of hope and life together,—knew that the next shriek that was uttered must be their own and their last.
    • 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC ↗:
      But as things were it was manageable enough, and we did not ship a cupful of water.
    We were shipping so much water I was sure we would capsize.
  8. (colloquial, with dummy it) Leave, depart, scram.
    • 2008 November 21, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 3, Episode 1:
      Douglas: Sorry girls, you better go. Girls! Ship it!
  9. (transitive, colloquial) To pass (from one person to another).
    Can you ship me the ketchup?
  10. (poker slang, ambitransitive) To go all in.
  11. (sports) To trade or send a player to another team.
    Twins ship Delmon Young to Tigers.
  12. (rugby) To bungle a kick and give the opposing team possession.
Translations Translations Translations Translations Noun

ship (plural ships)

  1. (fandom) A fictional romantic relationship between two characters, either real or themselves fictional, especially one explored in fan fiction.
Verb

ship (ships, present participle shipping; simple past and past participle shipped)

  1. (fandom) 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”.
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