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ship¹
- /ˈʃɪp/
- [ˈʃʰɪp]
Rhymes with -ɪp
Where it comes from
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-.
noun ships · shipp · shippe
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A water-borne vessel generally larger than a boat.
Similar: keel
- A vessel which travels through any medium other than across land, such as an airship or spaceship.
- A spaceship. I don't know if there is another standard method, but the following approach works: Consider the collision of gliders from three rakes that produces a medium spaceship in the _same_ direction as the rake. This ship will follow along to the next collision point, which will not produce a spaceship, bu
- A particular still life consisting of an empty cell surrounded by six live cells. But there are no ships, and no natural traffic lights or honey farms. The ship self destructs, and the predecessors to the traffic lights and honey farms self-destruct in spectacular manners.
- 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. 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.
ship²
- /ˈʃɪp/
- [ˈʃʰɪp]
Rhymes with -ɪp
Where it 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.
verb ships · shipping · shipped
- To send by water-borne transport. All the timber whereof, was […] ſhipped in the bay of Attalia[…], from whence it was by ſea tranſported to Pelusium.
- 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.
- To engage to serve on board a vessel. to ship seamen
- To embark on a ship. 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; […]
- 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. 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 to
- To leave, depart, scram. Douglas: Sorry girls, you better go. Girls! Ship it!
- 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. England were shipping penalties at an alarming rate - five in the first 15 minutes alone - and with Wilkinson missing three long-distance pots of his own in the first 20 minutes, the alarm bells began to ring for Martin Johnson's men.
- To concede(points/goals) They have now shipped 13 goals in their last six matches in all competitions, after conceding only seven in their first 17 games under Tuchel.
ship³
- /ˈʃɪp/
- [ˈʃʰɪp]
Rhymes with -ɪp
noun ships
- A romantic pairing of two or more characters or real people, especially one imagined by fans.
- Clipping of relationship Along the way, I have developed a few rules. When you’re seeing someone, it is only polite to hit pause on these ex-ships, or at least dial them back.
verb ships · shipping · shipped
- 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.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: transport, send, shipboard, vessel, cruiser, barge, sailing, houseboat, shipbuilding, cruise, motorboat, naval, boat, sailboat, yacht, skiff
Translations
Every language
noun large water craft
| Español | barco, buque, nave, navío, nao, pino |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 배 bae, 선박 seonbak, 선 seon |
| 日本語 | 船 fune, 船舶 senpaku |
| 中文 | 船 chuán, 船舶 chuánbó |
| हिन्दी | पोत pot, जहाज़ jahāz, जलयान jalyān |
| Kiswahili | meli, jahazi |
| Português | navio |
| Français | vaisseau, bateau, navire |
| Deutsch | Schiff |
| Italiano | nave, bastimento, vascello, transatlantico, piroscafo, naviglio |
| Ελληνικά | πλοίο ploío, καράβι karávi |
| Română | navă, corabie, vas |
| Русский | кора́бль koráblʹ, су́дно súdno, парохо́д paroxód |
| Tiếng Việt | tàu thuỷ, tàu |
| العربية | سَفِينَة safīna |
| עברית | סְפִינָה sfiná, אֳנִיָּה \ אונייה oniyá |
noun vessel which travels through any medium other than land
| Español | nave |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 船 fune |
| हिन्दी | यान yān, विमान vimān, पोत pot |
| Português | nave |
| Deutsch | Schiff |
| Italiano | astronave, dirigibile |
| Русский | кора́бль koráblʹ |
verb to send by water-borne transport
| 日本語 | 海上輸送する kaijōyusōsuru |
|---|---|
| Português | embarcar |
| Deutsch | verschiffen |
| Ελληνικά | αποστέλλω apostéllo, μεταφέρω metaféro |
verb to send a parcel or container
| Español | enviar |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 発送する hassōsuru, 出荷する shukkasuru |
| Português | mandar, enviar |
| Français | poster, expédier |
| Deutsch | verschicken, versenden |
| Italiano | inviare, spedire |
| Ελληνικά | αποστέλλω apostéllo |
| Русский | отпра́вить otprávitʹ |
| العربية | شَحَنَ šaḥana |
verb to take in water over the sides of a vessel
| Italiano | imbarcare |
|---|
verb to pass from one person to another
| Deutsch | weitergeben |
|---|---|
| Italiano | passarsi |
| Русский | передавать peredavatʹ |
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