as in boat
a large craft for travel by water
a cruise ship plying the warm waters of the Caribbean
as in to send
to cause to go or be taken from one place to another
we shipped those books out yesterday
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Table Of Contents:
- Ship as a Noun
- Definitions of «Ship» as a noun
- Synonyms of «Ship» as a noun (7 Words)
- Usage Examples of «Ship» as a noun
- Ship as a Verb
- Definitions of «Ship» as a verb
- Synonyms of «Ship» as a verb (19 Words)
- Usage Examples of «Ship» as a verb
- Associations of «Ship» (30 Words)
The synonyms of “Ship” are: vessel, craft, boat, ocean liner, passenger vessel, aircraft, flying machine, embark, send, transport, convey, carry, take, transfer, move, shift, bring, fetch, deliver, bear, conduct, haul, lug, cart, run, ferry
Ship as a Noun
Definitions of «Ship» as a noun
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “ship” as a noun can have the following definitions:
- A vessel that carries passengers or freight.
- An aircraft.
- A large boat for transporting people or goods by sea.
- A spaceship.
- Any boat, especially a racing boat.
- A sailing vessel with a bowsprit and three or more square-rigged masts.
Synonyms of «Ship» as a noun (7 Words)
| aircraft | An aeroplane, helicopter, or other machine capable of flight. |
| boat | A dish often boat shaped for serving gravy or sauce. A fishing boat. |
| craft | An aircraft or spaceship. Sailing craft. |
| flying machine | An instance of traveling by air. |
| ocean liner | A large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere. |
| passenger vessel | A traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it. |
| vessel | Any of the tubular structures in the vascular system of a plant, serving to conduct water and mineral nutrients from the root. Lord use this lowly vessel let me serve You as You will. |
Usage Examples of «Ship» as a noun
- A cargo ship.
- The ship left England with a crew of 36.
Ship as a Verb
Definitions of «Ship» as a verb
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “ship” as a verb can have the following definitions:
- (of a product) be made available for purchase.
- Transport (goods or people) on a ship.
- (of a boat) take in (water) over the side.
- Fix (something such as a rudder or mast) in its place on a boat or ship.
- Embark on a ship.
- Transport commercially.
- Hire for work on a ship.
- (of a naval force) go to sea from a home port.
- Travel by ship.
- Send by some other means of transport or by mail.
- (of a sailor) take service on a ship.
- Take (oars) from the rowlocks and lay them inside a boat.
- Place on board a ship.
- Go on board.
Synonyms of «Ship» as a verb (19 Words)
| bear | Support or hold in a certain manner. Bear news. |
| bring | Go or come after and bring or take back. What brings you here. |
| carry | Be necessarily associated with or result in or involve. She was carrying twins. |
| cart | Transport something in a cart. They carted the piano down three flights of stairs. |
| conduct | Transmit a form of energy such as heat or electricity by conduction. He conducted us through his personal gallery of the Civil War. |
| convey | Transfer the title to (property. She conveyed the message to me. |
| deliver | Deliver a speech oration or idea. There was a reward if you were delivered unharmed to the nearest British post. |
| embark | Put or take on board a ship or aircraft. The passengers were ready to be embarked. |
| ferry | Travel by ferry. Ambulances ferried the injured to hospital. |
| fetch | Take away or remove. The land could fetch over a million pounds. |
| haul | (of a vehicle) pull (an attached trailer or carriage) behind it. Haul vegetables to the market. |
| lug | Carry with difficulty. You ll have to lug this suitcase. |
| move | Have a turn make one s move in a game. We must move quickly. |
| run | Of a batsman run from one wicket to the other in scoring or attempting to score a run. Musical talent runs in the family. |
| send | Send a message or letter. It s the spectacle and music that send us not the words. |
| shift | Use a shift key on a keyboard. She shifted down to fourth. |
| take | Be designed to hold or take. I ll take a pound of that sausage. |
| transfer | Transfer somebody to a different position or location of work. A transferred use of the Old English noun. |
| transport | Transport commercially. She was transported with pleasure. |
Usage Examples of «Ship» as a verb
- Spare parts were quickly shipped out.
- Jack, you shipped with the Admiral once, didn’t you?
- People wishing to get from London to New York ship at Liverpool.
- They agreed to ship the waste out of the country.
- Bob got sick a week before we shipped out.
- The freight would be shipped by rail.
- Ship the cargo in the hold of the vessel.
- The cellular phone is expected to ship at about $500 sometime this summer.
- The wounded soldiers were shipped home.
Associations of «Ship» (30 Words)
| aft | Situated at near or towards the stern of a ship or tail of an aircraft. The aft cargo compartment. |
| barge | Convey freight by barge. You can use this method to barge an opponent. |
| boat | Travel in a boat for pleasure. They boated the timber down the lake. |
| captain | Be the captain of a sports team. Aircraft captains are entitled to deny boarding to passengers under the influence of drugs. |
| cruise | Achieve an objective with ease, especially in sport. He cruised the gay bars of Los Angeles. |
| deck | A porch that resembles the deck on a ship. There was a big thud when I hit the deck. |
| dock | Bring a ship or boat into a dock. Dock the ships. |
| ferry | Travel by ferry. Ambulances ferried the injured to hospital. |
| fleet | A country’s navy. The US fleet. |
| galley | The kitchen area for food preparation on an airliner. |
| harbour | Of a ship or its crew moor in a harbour. The westerly wind kept us in harbour until the following afternoon. |
| liner | A ferret held on a leash or line while rabbiting, used to help recover another ferret lost underground. The batter hit a liner to the shortstop. |
| moor | A moor preserved for shooting. Moor the boat. |
| nautical | Of or concerning navigation, sailors, or the sea; maritime. Nautical charts. |
| navigation | The guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place. Transporter bridges to span rivers without hindering navigation. |
| pier | A solid support designed to sustain vertical pressure. |
| sail | A large piece of fabric usually canvas fabric by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel. Plastic ships could be sailing the oceans soon. |
| sailing | The action of sailing in a ship or boat. On the eve of her sailing she learned that news had come in from Cyprus. |
| sinking | A descent as through liquid (especially through water. He could not control the sinking of his legs. |
| skiff | A light rowing boat or sculling boat, typically for one person. |
| steamboat | A boat propelled by a steam engine. |
| submarine | Control a submarine. The Germans submarined the Allies. |
| tow | A rope or line used to tow a vehicle or boat. A man called to tow the car away. |
| tug | Tow a vessel with a tug. She tugged and wrestled with her conflicts. |
| tugboat | A powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships. |
| vessel | A hollow container, especially one used to hold liquid, such as a bowl or cask. Lord use this lowly vessel let me serve You as You will. |
| waterfront | A part of a town that borders the sea or a lake or river. Liverpool s waterfront. |
| whaler | Any of a number of large slender-bodied sharks. |
| wreck | Goods brought ashore by the sea from a wreck. Thanks to that quack I am a human wreck. |
| yacht | Travel in a yacht. An eighty five foot diesel yacht. |
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shipverb
a vessel that carries passengers or freight
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transport, send, shipverb
transport commercially
Synonyms:
ravish, institutionalize, beam, send off, channel, post, institutionalise, transport, enthrall, place, mail, enchant, station, broadcast, get off, embark, air, send out, direct, channelize, charge, transmit, commit, carry, channelise, transfer, delight, enrapture, send, enthral -
shipverb
hire for work on a ship
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embark, transport, send -
embark, shipverb
go on board
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enter, venture, embark, transport, send -
shipverb
travel by ship
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embark, transport, send -
shipverb
place on board a ship
«ship the cargo in the hold of the vessel»
Synonyms:
embark, transport, send
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- Board
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List of paraphrases for «ship»:
vessel, boat, ships, vessels, spaceship, starship, shipping, navire, baseship, ship-to, freighter, shuen, shipment, cruiser, shuttle, craft, warship, send, spacecraft, plover, battleship, dispatch, ship-
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Foreign Ministry spokesman Armanatha Nasir:
What we do not do what is load them on to the ship and push it to the ocean.
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John Boyle O’Reilly:
Only those who have stood within the bars and heard the din of devils and the appalling sounds of despair can imagine the horrors of the hold of a convict ship.
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Nikolas Xiros:
AIS transporters are very accurate and the whole system is also very accurate, i think probably the ship moved, that’s what I think. And with the anchor down, which was a big problem.
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Matthias Gorny:
We have made several scientific expeditions off the coast of La Higuera due to the environmental importance of this place, therefore, we wanted to collaborate in the search for Itata, taking advantage of the technology we have, and thanks to the images of our underwater robot, we were able to confirm that what was there was the ship’s remains.
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Yun Zhang:
Our scenario offers an attractive and viable alternative to the widely publicized alien space ship proposition.
Translations for ship
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- skipAfrikaans
- سفينةArabic
- gəmiAzerbaijani
- карабель, суднаBelarusian
- параход, корабBulgarian
- জাহাজBengali
- vaixell, nauCatalan, Valencian
- loďCzech
- llongWelsh
- skibDanish
- versenden, Schiff, verschiffen, verschickenGerman
- μεταφέρω, αποστέλλω, πλοίοGreek
- ŝipoEsperanto
- nave, barco, enviar, buqueSpanish
- laevEstonian
- itsasontziBasque
- جهاز, کشتی, ترابار كردن, ناوPersian
- treidata, toimittaa, lähettää, alus, all-in, laivata, ojentaa, haukata, laiva, kaikki peliinFinnish
- skipFaroese
- poster, expédier, navire, vaisseau, bateauFrench
- árthach, longIrish
- longScottish Gaelic
- naveGalician
- જહાજGujarati
- ספינה, אונייהHebrew
- पोत, जहाज़Hindi
- szállít, hajóHungarian
- նավArmenian
- kapalIndonesian
- dirigibile, nave, imbarcare, passarsi, spedire, astronaveItalian
- 船舶, 出荷する, 船, 発送する, 海上輸送するJapanese
- გემიGeorgian
- кемеKazakh
- កប៉ាល់Khmer
- ನೌಕೆKannada
- 선박, 배Korean
- जहाज़
- پاپۆڕKurdish
- кемеKyrgyz
- navisLatin
- SchëffLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ກຳປັ່ນ, ເຮືອLao
- laivasLithuanian
- kuģisLatvian
- kaipukeMāori
- испорачува, лаѓа, бродMacedonian
- കപ്പല്, നൌകMalayalam
- усан онгоцMongolian
- जहाजMarathi
- kapalMalay
- သင်္ဘောBurmese
- जहाजNepali
- uitleveren, verzenden, schip, doorgeven, verschepen, opsturenDutch
- skipNorwegian Nynorsk
- skipNorwegian
- tsin naaʼeełNavajo, Navaho
- nauOccitan
- науӕ, науOssetian, Ossetic
- ਨਾਵ, جہاز, ਜਹਾਜ਼Panjabi, Punjabi
- statek, okrętPolish
- جهازPashto, Pushto
- enviar, mandar, embarcar, navioPortuguese
- corabie, vas, navăRomanian
- су́дно, кора́бль, отправитьRussian
- पोत, नावSanskrit
- جہازSindhi
- brod, брод, lađa, лађаSerbo-Croatian
- නැවSinhala, Sinhalese
- loďSlovak
- ladjaSlovene
- anijeAlbanian
- frakta, skeppa, fartyg, skeppSwedish
- meli, jahaziSwahili
- கப்பல்Tamil
- నావ, రవాణా, జలమార్గ రవాణా, నౌక, ఓడTelugu
- сафина, киштӣTajik
- เรือ, กำปั่นThai
- gämi, korabl, gäämiTurkmen
- gemi, göndermekTurkish
- судно, корабельUkrainian
- پوت, جہازUrdu
- kemaUzbek
- tàu thuỷ, tàuVietnamese
- nafVolapük
- שיףYiddish
- 船Chinese
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noun
a vessel, especially a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines.
Nautical.
- a sailing vessel square-rigged on all of three or more masts, having jibs, staysails, and a spanker on the aftermost mast.
- Now Rare. a bark having more than three masts.Compare shipentine.
the crew and, sometimes, the passengers of a vessel: The captain gave shore leave to the whole ship.
an airship, airplane, or spacecraft.
verb (used with object), shipped, ship·ping.
to put or take on board a ship or other means of transportation; to send or transport by ship, rail, truck, plane, etc.
Nautical. to take in (water) over the side, as a vessel does when waves break over it.
to bring (an object) into a ship or boat.
to engage (someone) for service on a ship.
to fix in a ship or boat in the proper place for use.
to place (an oar) in proper position for rowing.Compare boat (def. 10).
to send away: They shipped the kids off to camp for the summer.
verb (used without object), shipped, ship·ping.
to go on board or travel by ship; embark.
to engage to serve on a ship.
- to be sent or transported by ship, rail, truck, plane, etc.: Both packages shipped this morning.
- to permit of being transported by any of these means:Fresh raspberries do not ship well.
Verb Phrases
ship out,
- to leave, especially for another country or assignment: He said goodbye to his family and shipped out for the West Indies.
- to send away, especially to another country or assignment.
- Informal. to quit, resign, or be fired from a job: Shape up or ship out!
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Idioms about ship
- to escape from a ship, especially one in foreign waters or a foreign port, as to avoid further service as a sailor or to request political asylum.
- to withdraw support or membership from a group, organization, cause, etc.; defect or desert: Some of the more liberal members have jumped ship.
jump ship,
run a tight ship, to exercise a close, strict control over a ship’s crew, a company, an organization, or the like.
when one’s ship comes in / home, when one’s fortune is assured: She’ll buy a house when her ship comes in.
Origin of ship
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First recorded before 900; Middle English, Old English noun scip, scipp; cognate with Dutch schip, German Schiff, Old Norse, Gothic skip; verb derivative of the noun
OTHER WORDS FROM ship
ship·less, adjectiveship·less·ly, adverbmis·ship, verb, mis·shipped, mis·ship·ping.pre·ship, verb (used with object), pre·shipped, pre·ship·ping.
Words nearby ship
shinplaster, shin splints, Shinto, shinty, shiny, ship, ship biscuit, shipboard, shipborne, shipboy, ship-broker
Other definitions for ship (2 of 3)
noun
a romantic relationship between fictional characters, as in fan fiction, or between famous people, whether or not the romance actually exists in the book, show, etc., or in real life:the TV show’s most popular ships.
verb (used with or without object), shipped, ship·ping.
to take an interest in or hope for a romantic relationship between (fictional characters or famous people), whether or not the romance actually exists: I’m shipping those guys—they would make a great couple!
Origin of ship
2
First recorded in 1995–2000; shortening of relationship
Other definitions for ship (3 of 3)
a native English suffix of nouns denoting condition, character, office, skill, etc.: clerkship; friendship; statesmanship.
Origin of -ship
Middle English, Old English -scipe; akin to shape; cognate with dialectal Frisian, dialectal Dutch schip
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Words related to ship
dispatch, export, haul, move, shift, smuggle, transfer, transmit, address, consign, direct, drop, embark, forward, freight, remit, route, ship out
How to use ship in a sentence
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Greece responded by sending its own ships to trail Turkey’s vessels.
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Early in Quantum Reality, Baggott likens science to a ship that travels back and forth over the “Sea of Representation” from the rocky shores of Empirical Reality to the sandy beaches of Metaphysical Reality.
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In the Americas, there has been a series of recent attacks against oil platforms and ships in Mexico’s Bay of Campeche.
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In the DTC world especially it seems like for whatever reason the media buyers are the ones running the ship and making a lot of decisions on strategy.
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One module ferries the crew to the moon’s surface from a larger ship in orbit.
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After the captain made the call to abandon ship, 150 people were able to escape on lifeboats lowered by electronic arms.
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Nerd Cruise By Adam Rogers, Wired What 800 Nerds on a Cruise Ship Taught Me About Life, the Universe, and Snorkeling.
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There was one bathroom on the ship, and there were no showers or beds.
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Two years into an Arctic expedition, they were forced to abandon ship a thousand miles north of Siberia.
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The estimated ship date of the gadget is December 2014—perfect timing to say sayonara to smoking forever.
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A wise man hateth not the commandments and justices, and he shall not be dashed in pieces as a ship in a storm.
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The president sat in a chair which came over with the pilgrims in their ship, the Mayflower.
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It was more like the boarding of a ship than any land fight I had ever seen or imagined.
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My orders ought to have been taken before a single unwounded Officer or man was ferried back aboard ship.
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Fancy that enormous shell dropping suddenly out of the blue on to a ship‘s deck swarming with troops!
British Dictionary definitions for ship (1 of 2)
noun
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
nautical a large sailing vessel with three or more square-rigged masts
the crew of a ship
informal any vehicle or conveyance
when one’s ship comes in when one has become successful or wealthy
verb ships, shipping or shipped
to place, transport, or travel on any conveyance, esp aboard a shipship the microscopes by aeroplane; can we ship tomorrow?
(tr) nautical to take (water) over the side
to bring or go aboard a vesselto ship oars
(tr often foll by off) informal to send away, often in order to be rid ofthey shipped the children off to boarding school
(intr) to engage to serve aboard a shipI shipped aboard a Liverpool liner
informal (tr) to concede (a goal)Celtic have shipped eight goals in three away matches
Derived forms of ship
shippable, adjective
Word Origin for ship
Old English scip; related to Old Norse skip, Old High German skif ship, scipfī cup
British Dictionary definitions for ship (2 of 2)
suffix forming nouns
indicating state or conditionfellowship
indicating rank, office, or positionlordship
indicating craft or skillhorsemanship; workmanship; scholarship
Word Origin for -ship
Old English -scipe; compare shape
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Other Idioms and Phrases with ship
In addition to the idioms beginning with ship
- ship of state
- ship out
- ships that pass in the night
also see:
- desert a sinking ship
- enough to sink a ship
- shape up (or ship out)
- tight ship
- when one’s ship comes in
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Translations: the word in the other languages
- Afrikaans: skip
- Amharic: መርከብ
- Arabic: السفينة
- Azerbaijani: gəmi
- Bashkir: карап
- Belarusian: карабель
- Bulgarian: кораб
- Bengali: জাহাজ
- Bosnian: brod
- Catalan: vaixell
- Cebuano: barko
- Czech: loď
- Welsh: llong
- Danish: skib
- German: Schiff
- Greek: το πλοίο
- Esperanto: ŝipo
- Spanish: nave
- Estonian: laeva
- Basque: ontzia
- Persian: کشتی
- Finnish: alus
- French: navire
- Irish: long
- Scottish Gaelic: long
- Galician: barco
- Gujarati: જહાજ
- Hebrew: הספינה
- Hindi: जहाज
- Croatian: brod
- Haitian: bato
- Hungarian: hajó
- Armenian: նավը
- Indonesian: kapal
- Icelandic: skipið
- Italian: nave
- Japanese: 船
- Javanese: kapal
- Georgian: გემი
- Kazakh: кемесі
- Khmer: នាវា
- Kannada: ಹಡಗು
- Korean: 선박
- Kyrgyz: корабль
- Latin: navis
- Luxembourgish: Schëff
- Lao: ດັ່ງກ່າວ
- Lithuanian: laivas
- Latvian: kuģis
- Malagasy: sambo
- Mari: корабль
- Maori: kaipuke
- Macedonian: брод
- Malayalam: കപ്പൽ
- Mongolian: хөлөг онгоц
- Marathi: जहाज
- Hill Mari: корабль
- Malay: kapal
- Maltese: bastiment
- Burmese: သင်္ဘောကို
- Nepali: जहाज
- Dutch: schip
- Norwegian: skip
- Punjabi: ਜਹਾਜ਼
- Papiamento: barku
- Polish: statek
- Portuguese: navio
- Romanian: nava
- Russian: корабль
- Sinhalese: නැව
- Slovak: loď
- Slovenian: ladja
- Albanian: anije
- Serbian: брод
- Sundanese: kapal
- Swedish: fartyg
- Swahili: meli
- Tamil: கப்பல்
- Telugu: ఓడ
- Tajik: киштии
- Thai: ยาน
- Tagalog: barko
- Turkish: gemi
- Tatar: кораб
- Udmurt: корабль
- Ukrainian: корабель
- Urdu: جہاز
- Uzbek: kema
- Vietnamese: tàu
- Xhosa: inqanawe
- Yiddish: שיף
- Chinese: 船
Synonyms, close and similar words for ship
- deliver
- send
- consign
- boat
- shipborne
- court of justice
- vessel
- watercraft
- ferry
- craft
- vehicle
- transport
- spacecraft
- spaceship
- marine
- shipbuilding
- naval
- load up
- embark
- sail
- ships
- vessels
- steamer
- steamship
- cruise
- motor vessel
- motorship
- dispatch
- transfer