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   ship

   /ʃɪp/

   noun

   • 1. a large boat for transporting people or goods by sea: "the ship left England with a crew of 36"
   • ▪ a sailing vessel with a bowsprit and three or more square-rigged masts.
   • ▪ any boat, especially a racing boat. informal
   • 2. a spaceship.
   • 3. an aircraft. North American

   verb

   • 1. transport (goods or people) on a ship: "the wounded soldiers were shipped home"
   • ▪ send by some other means of transport or by mail: "the freight would be shipped by rail"
   • ▪ (of a product) be made available for purchase: "the cellular phone is expected to ship at about $500 sometime this summer"
   • ▪ (of a naval force) go to sea from a home port: "Bob got sick a week before we shipped out"
   • ▪ embark on a ship: dated "people wishing to get from London to New York ship at Liverpool"
   • ▪ (of a sailor) take service on a ship: "Jack, you shipped with the Admiral once, didn't you?"
   • 2. (of a boat) take in (water) over the side.
   • 3. take (oars) from the rowlocks and lay them inside a boat.
   • ▪ fix (something such as a rudder or mast) in its place on a boat or ship.

   Word Origin Old Englishscip (noun), late Old English scipian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schip and German Schiff.

   Derivatives

   • 1. shipless adjective
   • 2. shippable adjective

   Scrabble Points: 9

   • S

     1

   • H

     4

   • I

     1

   • P

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