ship [ʃɪp]
n
1. (Transport / 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. (Transport / Nautical Terms) Nautical a large sailing vessel with three or more square-rigged masts
3. (Transport / Nautical Terms) the crew of a ship
4. (Engineering / Aeronautics) (Astronautics) short for airship, spaceship
5. Informal any vehicle or conveyance
when one's ship comes in when one has become successful or wealthy
vb ships, shipping, shipped
1. to place, transport, or travel on any conveyance, esp aboard a ship ship the microscopes by aeroplane can we ship tomorrow?
2. (Transport / Nautical Terms) (tr) Nautical to take (water) over the side
3. (Transport / Nautical Terms) to bring or go aboard a vessel to ship oars
4. (tr; often foll by off) Informal to send away, often in order to be rid of they shipped the children off to boarding school
5. (Transport / Nautical Terms) (intr) to engage to serve aboard a ship I shipped aboard a Liverpool liner
6. (General Sporting Terms) Informal (tr) to concede (a goal) Celtic have shipped eight goals in three away matches See also ship out
[Old English scip; related to Old Norse skip, Old High German skif ship, scipfī cup]
shippable adj