Ship definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

ship · 1. countable noun [oft by NOUN]. A ship is a large boat which carries passengers or cargo. Within ninety minutes the ship was ready for departure. · 2. EnglishDictionary Thesaurus WordLists Grammar EnglishEasyLearningGrammar GrammarPatterns EnglishUsage TeachingResources VideoGuides Conjugations Sentences Video LearnEnglish Videopronunciations Buildyourvocabulary Quiz Englishgrammar Englishcollocations Englishconfusables Englishidioms Englishusage Thematicwordlists English French German Italian Spanish Portuguese Hindi Chinese Korean Japanese Definitionof 'ship'    WordFrequency Share× Credits× ship (ʃɪp ) Wordforms:plural,3rdpersonsingularpresent tenseships ,presentparticipleshipping ,pasttense,pastparticipleshipped 1. countablenoun[oftbyNOUN] Ashipisalargeboatwhichcarriespassengersorcargo. Withinninetyminutestheshipwasreadyfordeparture. WewentbyshipovertoAmerica. ...merchantships. Synonyms:vessel,boat,craft,liner MoreSynonymsofship 2. verb[usuallypassive] Ifpeopleorthingsareshippedsomewhere,theyaresentthereonashiporbysomeothermeansoftransport. Thesiblingswereshippedtoalocalorphanage.[beVERB-edpreposition/adverb] Synonyms:send,take,run,bring MoreSynonymsofship 3. Seealsoshipping Phrasalverbs:Seeshipout COBUILDAdvancedEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Video:pronunciationof ship Youmayalsolike EnglishQuizConfusables Synonymsof'ship' LanguageLover'sBlog FrenchTranslationof'ship' Translateyourtext PronunciationPlaylists Wordoftheday:'carmagnole' HindiTranslationof'ship' NEWfromCollins! EnglishGrammar CollinsApps WordFrequency shipinBritishEnglish1 (ʃɪp ) noun1. avesselpropelledbyenginesorsailsfornavigatingonthewater,espalargevesselthatcannotbecarriedaboardanother,asdistinguishedfromaboat 2. nautical alargesailingvesselwiththreeormoresquare-riggedmasts 3. thecrewofaship 4. shortforairship,spaceship 5. informal anyvehicleorconveyance 6. Seewhenone'sshipcomesin verbWordforms:ships,shippingorshipped7. toplace,transport,ortravelonanyconveyance,espaboardaship shipthemicroscopesbyaeroplane canweshiptomorrow? 8. (transitive)nautical totake(water)overtheside 9. tobringorgoaboardavessel toshipoars 10. (transitive;oftenfollbyoff)informal tosendaway,ofteninordertoberidof theyshippedthechildrenofftoboardingschool 11. (intransitive) toengagetoserveaboardaship IshippedaboardaLiverpoolliner 12. informal(transitive) toconcede(agoal) theyhaveshippedeightgoalsinthreeawaymatches CollinsEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Derivedformsshippable(ˈshippable)adjective WordoriginOldEnglishscip;relatedtoOldNorseskip,OldHighGermanskifship,scipfīcup WordFrequency shipinBritishEnglish(espinfanfiction)2 (ʃɪp )slang noun1. arelationship,esponeofaromanticnature verb2. (transitive) topromoteorendorsearomanticrelationshipbetween(twocharacters) CollinsEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers WordoriginC20:shortenedfromrelationship WordFrequency -shipinBritishEnglish suffixformingnouns1. indicatingstateorcondition fellowship 2. indicatingrank,office,orposition lordship 3. indicatingcraftorskill horsemanship workmanship scholarship CollinsEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers WordoriginOldEnglish-scipe;compareshape WordFrequency shipinAmericanEnglish (ʃɪp ) noun1.  anywatervehicleofconsiderablesizenavigatingdeepwater,esp.onepoweredbyanengine 2.  awatervehicleforsailing,withabowspritandatleastthreesquare-riggedmasts,eachcomposedoflower,top,andtopgallantmembers 3.  aship'sofficersandcrew 4.  anaircraft verbtransitiveWordforms:shippedorˈshipping5.  toputortakeonboardaship 6. US tosendortransportbyanycarrier toshipcattlebyrail 7.  totakein(water)overthegunwaleorside,asinaheavysea 8.  toputorfix(anobject)initsproperplaceonashiporboat shiptheoars 9.  toengage(apersonorpersons)forworkonaship 10. Informal tosend(away,out,etc.);getridof verbintransitive11.  togoaboardship;embark 12.  toengagetoserveonaship 13.  totravelbyship Idioms: shipover shipout theShip when(orif,etc.)one'sshipcomesin(orhome) Webster’sNewWorldCollegeDictionary,4thEdition.Copyright©2010by HoughtonMifflinHarcourt.Allrightsreserved. WordoriginMELscindere,tocut),extensionofbase*sek-,tocut(>saw1):basicsense“hollowed-outtreetrunk” WordFrequency -shipinAmericanEnglish (ʃɪp ) 1.  thequality,condition,orstateofbeing hardship,friendship 2. a.  therankorofficeof professorship b.  apersonhavingtherankorstatusof lordship 3.  abilityorskillas statesmanship 4.  allindividuals(ofthespecifiedclass)collectively readership Webster’sNewWorldCollegeDictionary,4thEdition.Copyright©2010by HoughtonMifflinHarcourt.Allrightsreserved. WordoriginME