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[edit] Etymology 1

Middle English, from Old English scip, from Proto-Germanic *skipan (compare West Frisian skip, Dutch schip, German Schiff, Danish skib), from Proto-Indo-European *skēi-b-, *ski-b- (compare Lithuanian skiẽbti ‘to rip up’, Latvian škibît ‘to cut, lop’).

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ship (plural ships)

A ship (senses 1 and 3).
  1. A 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 or more square-rigged masts.
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  • The singular form ship is sometimes 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.
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Terms derived from the noun ship
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large water vessel

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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.
  4. (transitive) To pass (from one person to another)
    Can you ship me the ketchup?
    • 2011 September 18, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia”, BBC Sport:
      And when scrum-half Ben Youngs, who had a poor game, was burgled by opposite number Irakli Abuseridze and the ball shipped down the line to Irakli Machkhaneli, it looked like Georgia had scored a try of their own, but the winger's foot was in touch.
  5. (sports) To trade or send a player to another team.
    "Twins ship Delmon Young to Tigers."
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    • 2011 October 1, Tom Fordyce, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16-12 Scotland”, BBC Sport:
      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.
  7. (poker slang, ambitransitive) To go all in.
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send a parcel or container
send by water-borne transport

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From relationship.

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ship (plural ships)

  1. (fandom slang) A fictional romantic relationship between two persons, either real or themselves fictional.

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

  1. (fandom slang) To be a fan or promote a certain ship.
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