ship

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Usage notes 1.3.2 Hyponyms 1.3.3 Derived terms 1.3.4 Related terms 1.3.5 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations 1.4.2 See also 1.5 Anagrams

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Middle English skif (1575), from Old English scip. Cognate with West Frisian skip, Dutch schip, German Schiff, Danish skib, Swedish skepp, Norwegian skip, and Icelandic skip. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skipam.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK, US) enPR: shĭp, IPA: /ʃɪp/, SAMPA: /SIp/
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• Rhymes: -ɪp

[edit] Noun

ship (plural ships)

1. water-borne vessel 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. (archaic, nautical, formal) A sailing vessel with three square-rigged masts.

[edit] Usage notes

• The singular form ship is often used without any article, producing such sentences as "In all, we spent three weeks aboard ship." and "Abandon ship!". (Similar patterns may be seen with many place nouns, such as camp, home, work, and school, but the details vary from noun to noun.)
• Ships are traditionally regarded as feminine and the pronouns her and she are normally used instead of it.

[edit] Hyponyms

• Wikisaurus:watercraft

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Related terms

• shipper
• skiff
• skipper

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[edit] Verb

to ship (third-person singular simple present ships, present participle shipping, simple past and past participle shipped)

1. (transitive) To send a parcel or container to a recipient (by any means of transport).
2. (transitive) To send by water-borne transport.
3. (transitive) To take in (water) over the sides of a vessel.

   We were shipping so much water I was sure we would capsize.

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[edit] See also

• -ship

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: hips , HIPs
• phis
• pish