Definitions of ship [ʃɪp]

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Definition of 'ship'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) ship
a vessel, esp. a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines.

2.  ship
a sailing vessel square-rigged on all of three or more masts, having jibs, staysails, and a spanker on the aftermost mast.

3.  ship
the crew and passengers of a vessel.

4.  ship
an airship, airplane, or spacecraft.

5. (v.t.) ship
to send or transport by ship, rail, truck, plane, etc.

6.  ship
to take in (water) over the side, as a vessel does when waves break over it.

7.  ship
to bring into a ship or boat:
Ship the anchor.

8.  ship
to engage (a person) for service on a ship.

9.  ship
to fix in a ship or boat in the proper place for use:
Ship the oars.

10.  ship
to send away:
We shipped the kids off to camp.

11. (v.i.) ship
to go on board or travel by ship; embark.

12.  ship
to engage to serve on a ship.

13.  ship
ship out,

14.  ship
to leave, esp. for another country or assignment.

15.  ship
to send away, esp. to another country or assignment.

16.  ship
to quit, resign, or be fired from a job:
Shape up or ship out!

17.  ship
ship over, to reenlist, esp. in the navy.

Definition of 'ship'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) ship
a vessel that carries passengers or freight

2. (verb) transport, send, ship
transport commercially

3. (verb) ship
hire for work on a ship

4. (verb) embark, ship
go on board

5. (verb) ship
travel by ship

6. (verb) ship
place on board a ship
"ship the cargo in the hold of the vessel"

Definition of 'ship'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) ship
a very large boat made to travel on the ocean
a ship carrying cargo from South America; passengers aboard a Swedish cruise ship

2. (verb) ship
to send goods somewhere
Your order will be shipped within two days.

Definition of 'ship'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) ship
pay; reward

2. (noun) ship
any large seagoing vessel

3. (noun) ship
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

4. (noun) ship
a dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense

5. (verb) ship
to put on board of a ship, or vessel of any kind, for transportation; to send by water

6. (verb) ship
by extension, in commercial usage, to commit to any conveyance for transportation to a distance; as, to ship freight by railroad

7. (verb) ship
hence, to send away; to get rid of

8. (verb) ship
to engage or secure for service on board of a ship; as, to ship seamen

9. (verb) ship
to receive on board ship; as, to ship a sea

10. (verb) ship
to put in its place; as, to ship the tiller or rudder

11. (verb) ship
to engage to serve on board of a vessel; as, to ship on a man-of-war

12. (verb) ship
to embark on a ship

Translation of 'ship'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a large boat The ship sank and all the passengers and crew were drowned.
Afrikaans: skip	Arabic: سَفينَه	Bulgarian: кораб
Brazilian: navio	Czech: loď	German: das Schiff
Danish: skib	Greek: πλοίο	Spanish: barco, buque, navío, emba
Estonian: laev	Farsi: كشتي	Finnish: laiva
French: navire	Hebrew: אָנִייָה	Hindi: जहाज, पोत
Croatian: brod, lađa	Hungarian: hajó	Indonesian: kapal
Icelandic: skip	Italian: nave	Japanese: 船
Korean: 배	Lithuanian: laivas	Latvian: kuģis
Malay: kapal	Dutch: schip	Norwegian: skip
Polish: statek	Persian: كشتي	Pashto: بيړۍ، كښتۍ: دبيړۍ عمله
Portuguese: navio	Romanian: navă	Russian: корабль, судно
Slovak: loď	Slovenian: ladja	Serbian: brod
Swedish: skepp, fartyg	Thai: เรือขนาดใหญ่	Turkish: gemi, vapur
Taiwanese: 船	Ukrainian: корабель, судно	Urdu: بڑی کشتی، جہاز
Vietnamese: tàu thủy	Chinese: 船
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