Ship

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A vessel of considerable size for deep-water navigation.
  • noun. A sailing vessel having three or more square-rigged masts.
  • noun. An aircraft or spacecraft.
  • noun. The crew of one of these vessels.
  • noun. One's fortune.
  • intransitive verb. To place or receive on board a ship.
  • intransitive verb. To cause to be transported; send. synonym: send.
  • intransitive verb. To place (a ship's mast or rudder, for example) in its working position.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To bring into a ship or boat.
  • intransitive verb. To place (an oar) in a resting position inside a boat without removing it from the oarlock.
  • intransitive verb. To hire (a person) for work on a ship.
  • intransitive verb. To take in (water) over the side of a ship.
  • intransitive verb. To go aboard a ship; embark.
  • intransitive verb. To travel by ship.
  • intransitive verb. To hire oneself out or enlist for service on a ship.
  • phrasal verb. To accept a position on board a ship and serve as a crew member.
  • phrasal verb. To leave, as for a distant place.
  • phrasal verb. To send, as to a distant place.
  • phrasal verb. To quit, resign from, or otherwise vacate a position.
  • idiom. (tight ship) A well-managed and efficient business, household, or organization.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To put or take on board a ship or vessel: as, to ship goods at Liverpool for New York.
  • To send or convey by ship; transport by ship.
  • undefined
  • To deliver to a common carrier, forwarder, express company, etc., for transportation, whether by land or water or both: as, to ship by express, by railway, or by stage.
  • To engage for service on board any vessel: as, to ship seamen.
  • To fix in proper place: as, to ship the oars, the tiller, or the rudder.
  • To go on board a vessel to make a voyage; take ship; embark.
  • To engage for service on board a ship.
  • A common English suffix, which may be attached to any noun denoting a person or agent to denote the state, office, dignity, profession, art, or proficiency of such person or agent: as, lord- ship, fellowship, friendship, clerkship, steward- ship, horsemanship, worship (orig. worthship), etc.
  • noun. In an ancient style of chess played with dice, the piece called ‘bishop’ in the modern game. In this game each player had two sets of white pieces and two sets of black pieces respectively, consisting of two kings, two rooks (elephants), two knights (equestrians), two bishops (ships), and four pawns (pedestrians) each.
  • noun. A vessel of considerable size adapted to navigation: a general term for sea-going vessels of every kind, except boats.
  • noun. Eccles., a vessel formed like the hull of a ship, in which incense was kept: same as navicula, 1.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • intransitive verb. To engage to serve on board of a vessel.
  • intransitive verb. To embark on a ship.
  • transitive verb. To put on board of a ship, or vessel of any kind, for transportation; to send by water.
  • transitive verb. By extension, in commercial usage, to commit to any conveyance for transportation to a distance.
  • transitive verb. Hence, to send away; to get rid of.
  • transitive verb. To engage or secure for service on board of a ship.
  • transitive verb. To receive on board ship.
  • transitive verb. To put in its place.
  • noun. Any large seagoing vessel.
  • noun. Specifically, a vessel furnished with a bowsprit and three masts (a mainmast, a foremast, and a mizzenmast), each of which is composed of a lower mast, a topmast, and a topgallant mast, and square-rigged on all masts. See Illustation in Appendix.
  • noun. A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense.
  • noun. a private ship taken into the service of the government in time of war, and armed and equipped like a ship of war.
  • noun. See under General.
  • noun. hard biscuit prepared for use on shipboard; -- called also ship bread. See Hardtack.
  • noun. a boy who serves in a ship.
  • noun. one who breaks up vessels when unfit for further use.
  • Word Usage
    ""God of mercy -- the ship, the _ship_!" gasped Sir Edgar, clutching my arm in a grip that left its mark on the skin for days afterward; and, as he spoke, the huge incandescent mass fell full upon the hull of the"
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