English Explanatory Dictionary

ship

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A water-borne vessel generally larger than a boat.
  2. A vessel which travels through any medium other than across land, such as an airship or spaceship.
  3. A spaceship.
  4. A particular still life consisting of an empty cell surrounded by six live cells.
  5. 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.
  7. The third card of the Lenormand deck.
  8. An aircraft.
verb
  1. To send by water-borne transport.
  2. To send (a parcel or container) to a recipient (by any means of transport).
  3. To release (a product, not necessarily physical) to vendors or customers; to launch.
  4. To engage to serve on board a vessel.
  5. To embark on a ship.
  6. To put or secure in its place.
  7. To take in or take on (water) over the sides of a vessel.
  8. To leave, depart, scram.
  9. To pass (from one person to another).
  10. To go all in.
  11. To trade or send (a player) to another team.
  12. To draw (a penalty) by bungling a kick and giving the opposing team possession.
noun
  1. A pairing of two or more characters or real people that fans imagine or interpret as being in a romantic relationship.
  2. Clipping of relationship.
verb
  1. To support or approve of a fictional romantic relationship between two characters, typically in fan fiction or other fandom contexts.

Pronunciation

/ˈʃɪp/ en-uk-a ship.ogg en-us-ship.ogg

Word forms

ship ships shippe shipping shipped

Etymology

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 ship, schip, from Old English sċip, from Proto-West Germanic *skip, from Proto-Germanic *skipą, from Proto-Indo-European *skēyb-, *skib-. More at shift. Cognates Cognate with West Frisian skip, Dutch schip, German Schiff, Yiddish שיף (shif), Danish skib, Norwegian skip, Swedish skepp. Related also to Lithuanian skiẽbti (“to rip up”), Latvian škibît (“to cut, lop”). Compare typologically boat, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd-.

Synonyms

keel

Related words

skiff skipper 'ship -ship

Derived words

abandon ship about ship air ship air-to-ship amidship amidships amphibious assault ship antiship anti-ship missile Apostolicship arsenal ship aship assembly ship astroship battle ship bioship blockship bomb ship 'bout ship cable ship cameraship capital ship cheer ship cityship country ship disship dogship drillship drop ship dropship enship fire ship flareship foreship free alongside ship generation ship ghost ship ground-to-ship guard ship guardship gunship inship intership intraship I-ship it's not the size of the ship, it's the motion of the ocean jump ship knightship landing ship landship liberty ship light-ship like a rat from a sinking ship like rats from a sinking ship line of battle ship lodeship lofty ship mailship make ship megaship
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