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Definition of ship
(Entry 1 of 3)
1a : a large seagoing vessel
b : a sailing vessel having a bowsprit and usually three masts each composed of a lower mast, a topmast, and a topgallant mast
3 : a ship's crew
4 : fortune sense 2 when their ship comes in they'll be able to live in better style
5 : airship, airplane, spacecraft
ship
verbshipped; shipping
Definition of ship (Entry 2 of 3)
1a : to place or receive on board a ship for transportation by water
b : to cause to be transported
shipped him off to prep school
2 obsolete : to provide with a ship
3 : to put in place for use
ship the tiller
4 : to take into a ship or boat
ship the gangplank
5 : to engage for service on a ship
6 : to take (water) over the side
—used of a boat or a ship
1 : to embark on a ship
2a : to go or travel by ship
—often used with out
b : to proceed by ship or other means under military orders
—often used with out
3 : to engage to serve on shipboard
4 : to be sent for delivery
the order will ship soon
-ship
noun suffixDefinition of -ship (Entry 3 of 3)
1 : state : condition : quality
friendship
2 : office : dignity : profession
clerkship
3 : art : skill
horsemanship
4 : something showing, exhibiting, or embodying a quality or state
township fellowship
5 : one entitled to a (specified) rank, title, or appellation
his Lordship
6 : the body of persons participating in a specified activity
readership listenership
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The first known use of ship was before the 12th century
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