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ship
(shĭp)n.
1.
a. A vessel of considerable size for deep-water navigation.
b. A sailing vessel having three or more square-rigged masts.
2. An aircraft or spacecraft.
3. The crew of one of these vessels.
4. One's fortune: When my ship comes in, I'll move to a larger house.
v. shipped, ship·ping, ships
v.tr.
1. To place or receive on board a ship: shipped the cargo in the hold.
2. To cause to be transported; send. See Synonyms at send1.
3. To place (a ship's mast or rudder, for example) in its working position.
4.
a. To bring into a ship or boat: ship an anchor.
b. To place (an oar) in a resting position inside a boat without removing it from the oarlock.
5. To hire (a person) for work on a ship.
6. To take in (water) over the side of a ship.
v.intr.
Phrasal Verb: 1. To go aboard a ship; embark.
2. To be sent as a delivery: The books that we ordered shipped from warehouse yesterday.
3. To travel by ship.
4. To hire oneself out or enlist for service on a ship.
ship out
Idiom: 1. To accept a position on board a ship and serve as a crew member: shipped out on a tanker.
2. To leave, as for a distant place: troops shipping out to the war zone.
3. To send, as to a distant place.
4. Informal To quit, resign from, or otherwise vacate a position: Shape up or ship out.
tight ship
A well-managed and efficient business, household, or organization: We run a tight ship.
[Middle English, from Old English scip.]
ship′pa·ble adj.
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ship
(ʃɪp)n
1. (Nautical Terms) a vessel propelled by engines or sails for navigating on the water, esp a large vessel that cannot be carried aboard another, as distinguished from a boat
2. (Nautical Terms) nautical a large sailing vessel with three or more square-rigged masts
3. (Nautical Terms) the crew of a ship
6. informal any vehicle or conveyance
7. when one's ship comes in when one has become successful or wealthy
vb, ships, shipping or shipped
8. to place, transport, or travel on any conveyance, esp aboard a ship: ship the microscopes by aeroplane; can we ship tomorrow?.
9. (Nautical Terms) (tr) nautical to take (water) over the side
10. (Nautical Terms) to bring or go aboard a vessel: to ship oars.
11. informal (often foll by: off) to send away, often in order to be rid of: they shipped the children off to boarding school.
12. (Nautical Terms) (intr) to engage to serve aboard a ship: I shipped aboard a Liverpool liner.
13. (General Sporting Terms) informal (tr) to concede (a goal): Celtic have shipped eight goals in three away matches.
[Old English scip; related to Old Norse skip, Old High German skif ship, scipfī cup]
ˈshippable adj
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ship
(ʃɪp)n., v. shipped, ship•ping. n.
1. a vessel, esp. a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines.
2. a sailing vessel square-rigged on all of three or more masts, having jibs, staysails, and a spanker on the aftermost mast.
3. the crew and passengers of a vessel.
4. an airship, airplane, or spacecraft.
v.t. 5. to send or transport by ship, rail, truck, plane, etc.
6. to take in (water) over the side, as a vessel does when waves break over it.
7. to bring into a ship or boat: Ship the anchor.
8. to engage (a person) for service on a ship.
9. to fix in a ship or boat in the proper place for use: Ship the oars.
10. to send away: We shipped the kids off to camp.
v.i. 11. to go on board or travel by ship; embark.
12. to engage to serve on a ship.
13. ship out,
a. to leave, esp. for another country or assignment.
b. to send away, esp. to another country or assignment.
c. to quit, resign, or be fired from a job: Shape up or ship out!
14. ship over, to reenlist, esp. in the navy.
Idioms: 1. run a tight ship, to exercise strict control over a company, organization, or the like.
2. when or if one's ship comes in or home, when or if one finally becomes wealthy.
[before 900; (n.) Middle English; Old English scip, c. Old Frisian, Old Saxon, Old Norse, Gothic skip, Old High German scif]
ship′less, adj.
-ship
a noun-forming suffix denoting state or condition, usu. added to personal nouns: friendship; kinship; statesmanship.
[Middle English, Old English -scipe; akin to shape; c. dial. Frisian, dial. Dutch schip]
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boat
– ship1. 'boat'
A boat is a small vessel for travelling on water, especially one that carries only a few people.
John took me down the river in the old boat.
...a fishing boat.
2. 'ship'
A larger vessel is usually referred to as a ship.
The ship was due to sail the following morning.
However, in conversation large passenger ships which travel short distances are sometimes called boats.
She was getting off at Hamburg to take the boat to Stockholm.
Be Careful!
When you are describing the way in which someone travels, you do not say that they travel 'by the boat' or 'by the ship'. You say that they travel by boat or by ship.
We are going by boat.
They were sent home by ship.
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ship
Past participle: shipped
Gerund: shipping
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| Noun | 1. |  ship - a vessel that carries passengers or freightpitching, lurch, pitch - abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance); "the pitching and tossing was quite exciting" abandoned ship, derelict - a ship abandoned on the high seas auxiliary boiler, donkey boiler - (nautical) an extra boiler (as a ship's boiler that is used while the ship is in port) auxiliary engine, donkey engine - (nautical) a small engine (as one used on board ships to operate a windlass) bay - a compartment on a ship between decks; often used as a hospital; "they put him in the sick bay" belaying pin - a wood or metal bar to which a rope can be secured (as on a ship or in mountain climbing) bilge pump - a pump to remove bilgewater bilge well - (nautical) a well where seepage drains to be pumped away blockade-runner - a ship that runs through or around a naval blockade bitt, bollard - a strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines); "the road was closed to vehicular traffic with bollards" brig - a penal institution (especially on board a ship) bulkhead - a partition that divides a ship or plane into compartments bulwark - a fencelike structure around a deck (usually plural) cargo area, cargo deck, cargo hold, storage area, hold - the space in a ship or aircraft for storing cargo cargo ship, cargo vessel - a ship designed to carry cargo crow's nest - platform for a lookout at or near the top of a mast davit - a crane-like device (usually one of a pair) for suspending or lowering equipment (as a lifeboat) deck - any of various platforms built into a vessel engine room, engineering - a room (as on a ship) in which the engine is located fin - a stabilizer on a ship that resembles the fin of a fish flagship - the ship that carries the commander of a fleet and flies his flag fo'c'sle, forecastle - living quarters consisting of a superstructure in the bow of a merchant ship where the crew is housed funnel - (nautical) smokestack consisting of a shaft for ventilation or the passage of smoke (especially the smokestack of a ship) gas-turbine ship - a ship powered by a gas turbine gyrostabiliser, gyrostabilizer - a stabilizer consisting of a heavy gyroscope that spins on a vertical axis; reduces side-to-side rolling of a ship or plane helm - steering mechanism for a vessel; a mechanical device by which a vessel is steered hospital ship - a ship built to serve as a hospital; used for wounded in wartime hulk - a ship that has been wrecked and abandoned iceboat, icebreaker - a ship with a reinforced bow to break up ice and keep channels open for navigation lightship - a ship equipped like a lighthouse and anchored where a permanent lighthouse would be impracticable log - measuring instrument that consists of a float that trails from a ship by a knotted line in order to measure the ship's speed through the water lubber's hole - hole in a platform on a mast through which a sailor can climb without going out on the shrouds magnetic mine - (nautical) a marine mine that is detonated by a mechanism that responds to magnetic material (as the steel hull of a ship) minelayer - ship equipped for laying marine mines minesweeper - ship equipped to detect and then destroy or neutralize or remove marine mines nuclear-powered ship - ship whose motive power comes from the energy of a nuclear reactor passenger ship - a ship built to carry passengers pirate ship, pirate - a ship that is manned by pirates planking - (nautical) a covering or flooring constructed of planks (as on a ship) porthole - a window in a ship or airplane ratlin, ratline - (nautical) a small horizontal rope between the shrouds of a sailing ship; they form a ladder for climbing aloft ridge rope - either of a pair of lifelines running alongside the bowsprit of a ship riding bitt - one of the large bitts used to secure the cable of a dropped anchor school ship, training ship - a ship used to train students as sailors screw propeller, screw - a propeller with several angled blades that rotates to push against water or air sea anchor, drogue - restraint consisting of a canvas covered frame that floats behind a vessel; prevents drifting or maintains the heading into a wind |
| Verb | 1. |  ship - transport commercially move, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" barge - transport by barge on a body of water railroad - transport by railroad |
| 2. | ship - hire for work on a ship | |
| 3. | ship - go on board | |
| 4. | ship - travel by ship | |
| 5. | ship - place on board a ship; "ship the cargo in the hold of the vessel" lay, place, put, set, position, pose - put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point" reship - place on a ship again or transfer to another ship; "reship the cargo" |
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ship
verb
1. send, take, run, bring, carry, bear, transfer, ferry, convey Food is being shipped to drought-stricken countries. see boats and ships
Quotations
"Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing;"
"Only a signal shown and a distant voice in the darkness" [Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Tales of a Wayside Inn]
"Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing;"
"Only a signal shown and a distant voice in the darkness" [Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Tales of a Wayside Inn]
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ship
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Translations
سَفِينَةسَفينَة فَضائِيَّهسَفينَهيُرْسِل او يَشْحَن بالسَّفينَه
корабпараход
loďplavidlodopravit lodí
skibsende
جهازکشتی
laivalaivatatoimittaaaluslähettää
जहाज़पोत
brodlađa
hajóhajón szállítszállít
kapal
geimskipsenda/flytja meî skipiskip
船船舶出荷する海上輸送する発送する
선박
navis
ekspeditoriusišgabentilaivailaivaslaivo savininkas
kosmosa kuģiskuģisnogādāt/transportēt ar kuģi
schipverschepen
dopraviť loďou
ladjaposlati tovor
brodlađaбродлађа
fartygfraktaskeppa
เรือ
جہاز
con tàu
ship
[ʃɪp]A. N
1. (= sea-going vessel) (gen) → barco m; (for carrying cargo) (also Mil) → buque m, navío m
Her or His Majesty's Ship Victory → el buque or navío Victory de la Marina Real Británica
to abandon ship → abandonar el barco
on board ship → a bordo
by ship → en barco, por barco
the good ship Beagle → el buque Beagle, el Beagle
to jump ship → abandonar el barco, desertar
to take ship for → embarcarse para
when my ship comes in (fig) → cuando lleguen las vacas gordas
ships that pass in the night → personas que pasan por la vida y desaparecen
the ship of the desert (= the camel) → el camello
Her or His Majesty's Ship Victory → el buque or navío Victory de la Marina Real Británica
to abandon ship → abandonar el barco
on board ship → a bordo
by ship → en barco, por barco
the good ship Beagle → el buque Beagle, el Beagle
to jump ship → abandonar el barco, desertar
to take ship for → embarcarse para
when my ship comes in (fig) → cuando lleguen las vacas gordas
ships that pass in the night → personas que pasan por la vida y desaparecen
the ship of the desert (= the camel) → el camello
2. (= aircraft, spacecraft) → nave f
B. VT
1. (= transport) → enviar, consignar
to ship sth/sb in → traer algo/a algn
to ship sth/sb off (lit) → enviar algo/a algn
he shipped all his sons off to boarding school (fig) → mandó a todos sus hijos a un internado
to ship sth/sb out → enviar algo/a algn
a new engine had to be shipped out to them → hubo que enviarles un nuevo motor
to ship sth/sb in → traer algo/a algn
to ship sth/sb off (lit) → enviar algo/a algn
he shipped all his sons off to boarding school (fig) → mandó a todos sus hijos a un internado
to ship sth/sb out → enviar algo/a algn
a new engine had to be shipped out to them → hubo que enviarles un nuevo motor
3. [+ oars] → desarmar
C. CPD ship broker N → agente mf marítimo/a
ship canal N → canal m de navegación
ship chandler, ship's chandler N → proveedor m de efectos navales, abastecedor m de buques
ship's company N → tripulación f
ship's doctor N → médico m de a bordo
ship's manifest N → manifiesto m del buque
ship-to-shore radio N → radio f de barco a costa
ship canal N → canal m de navegación
ship chandler, ship's chandler N → proveedor m de efectos navales, abastecedor m de buques
ship's company N → tripulación f
ship's doctor N → médico m de a bordo
ship's manifest N → manifiesto m del buque
ship-to-shore radio N → radio f de barco a costa
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ship
[ˈʃɪp] n (= large boat) → navire m; (smaller) → bateau m
to go by ship → prendre le bateau
to go by ship to New York → prendre le bateau pour New York
to send sth by ship → envoyer qch par bateau
on board ship → à bord sailing ship, cargo ship, passenger ship, merchant ship
to go by ship → prendre le bateau
to go by ship to New York → prendre le bateau pour New York
to send sth by ship → envoyer qch par bateau
on board ship → à bord sailing ship, cargo ship, passenger ship, merchant ship
vt
vi (= leave) → prendre la mer
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ship
n
→ Schiff nt; the good ship Venus → die gute Venus; on board ship → an Bord; to take ship (for) (liter) → sich einschiffen (nach); when my ship comes home or in (fig) → wenn ich das große Los ziehe; ship of the line → Kriegsschiff nt; ship of the desert → Wüstenschiff nt; the great ship of state → das Staatsschiff
vt
vi (= take employment) → anheuern
ship
:ship biscuit
n (US) → Schiffszwieback m
shipboard
n on ship → an Bord (eines/des Schiffes)
shipborne aircraft
n (Naut, Aviat) → Bordflugzeug nt
shipbreaker
n → Schiffsverschrotter m
shipbuilder
n → Schiffbauer(in) m(f); a firm of ships → eine Schiffbaufirma
shipbuilding
n → Schiffbau m
ship canal
n → (See)kanal m
ship chandler
n → Schiffsausrüster(in) m(f)
shipload
n → Schiffsladung f; the tourists were arriving by the ship (inf) → ganze Schiffsladungen von Touristen kamen an
shipmaster
n (Naut) → (Handels)kapitän m
shipmate
n → Schiffskamerad(in) m(f)
ship
:ship-to-shore radio
n → Seefunk m
shipway
shipwreck
vt (lit) → schiffbrüchig werden lassen; (fig) → zum Scheitern bringen, scheitern lassen; to be shiped (lit) → schiffbrüchig sein; (fig) → Schiffbruch erleiden, scheitern
shipwright
n → Schiffbauer(in) m(f)
shipyard
n → (Schiffs)werft f
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ship
[ʃɪp]Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
ship
(ʃip) noun1. a large boat. The ship sank and all the passengers and crew were drowned.
2. any of certain types of transport that fly. a spaceship.
verb – past tense, past participle shipped – to send or transport by ship. The books were shipped to Australia.
ˈshipment noun1. a load of goods sent by sea. a shipment of wine from Portugal.
2. the sending of goods by sea.
ˈshipper noun a person who arranges for goods to be shipped. a firm of shippers.
ˈshipping noun ships taken as a whole. The harbour was full of shipping.
ˈship-broker noun1. an agent whose job is to buy or sell ships.
2. an insurance agent for ships.
ˈshipbuilder noun a person whose business is the construction of ships. a firm of shipbuilders.
ˈshipbuilding nounˈshipowner noun
a person or company that owns a ship or ships.
ˌshipˈshape adjective in good order. She left everything shipshape in her room when she left.
ˈshipwreck noun1. the accidental sinking or destruction of a ship. There were many shipwrecks on the rocky coast.
2. a wrecked ship. an old shipwreck on the shore.
verbWe were shipwrecked off the coast of Africa.
ˈshipyard noun a place where ships are built or repaired.
ship water (of a boat) to let water in over the side. The boat shipped water and nearly capsized.
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ship
→ سَفِينَة loď skib Schiff πλοίο embarcación laiva navire brod nave 船 선박 schip skip statek navio корабль fartyg เรือ gemi con tàu 船Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009