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- 1 A water-borne vessel generally larger than a boat.
- 2 A fictional romantic relationship between two characters, either real or themselves fictional, especially one explored in fan fiction. slang
- 3 a vessel that carries passengers or freight wordnet
- 4 A vessel which travels through any medium other than across land, such as an airship or spaceship. in-compounds
- 5 Clipping of relationship. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, uncommon
"Along the way, I have developed a few rules. When you’re seeing someone, it is only polite to hit pause on these ex-ships, or at least dial them back."
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- 6 A spaceship. in-compounds
"I don't know if there is another standard method, but the following approach works: Consider the collision of gliders from three rakes that produces a medium spaceship in the _same_ direction as the rake. This ship will follow along to the next collision point, which will not produce a spaceship, but rather some stable garbage, consisting of a block and a beehive."
- 7 A particular still life consisting of an empty cell surrounded by six live cells.
"But there are no ships, and no natural traffic lights or honey farms. The ship self destructs, and the predecessors to the traffic lights and honey farms self-destruct in spectacular manners."
- 8 A sailing vessel with three or more square-rigged masts. archaic, formal
- 9 A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense.
- 10 The third card of the Lenormand deck.
- 11 An aircraft. dated
"This means that the landing wheels are not so far forward of the ship's center of gravity ; and that means that ground contact is less likely to produce a bounce."
- 1 To support a romantic pairing between characters or people. slang, fandom, 2010s-2020s
"The fandom ships them together."
- 1 To send by water-borne transport. transitive
"All the timber whereof, was […] ſhipped in the bay of Attalia[…], from whence it was by ſea tranſported to Pelusium."
- 2 To support or approve of a fictional romantic relationship between two characters, typically in fan fiction or other fandom contexts. slang, transitive
"I ship Kirk and Spock in Star Trek."
- 3 place on board a ship wordnet
- 4 To send (a parcel or container) to a recipient (by any means of transport). transitive
"to ship freight by railroad"
- 5 travel by ship wordnet
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- 6 To release (a product, not necessarily physical) to vendors or customers; to launch. ergative
"Our next issue ships early next year."
- 7 transport commercially wordnet
- 8 To engage to serve on board a vessel. ergative
"to ship seamen"
- 9 go on board wordnet
- 10 To embark on a ship. intransitive
"I shipped with them and becoming friends, we set forth on our venture, in health and safety; and sailed with a fair wind, till we came to a city called Madínat-al-Sín; […]"
- 11 hire for work on a ship wordnet
- 12 To put or secure in its place. transitive
"to ship the tiller or rudder"
- 13 To take in or take on (water) over the sides of a vessel. transitive
"She was half in the water, a mere hulk, her rigging torn to shreds, her main mast cut away, and every sea she shipped, Melmoth could hear distinctly the dying cries of those who were swept away, or perhaps of those whose mind and body, alike exhausted, relaxed their benumbed hold of hope and life together,—knew that the next shriek that was uttered must be their own and their last."
- 14 To leave, depart, scram. colloquial
"Douglas: Sorry girls, you better go. Girls! Ship it!"
- 15 To pass (from one person to another). colloquial, ditransitive
"Can you ship me the ketchup?"
- 16 To go all in. ambitransitive, slang
- 17 To trade or send (a player) to another team. transitive
"Twins ship Delmon Young to Tigers."
- 18 To draw (a penalty) by bungling a kick and giving the opposing team possession. transitive
"England were shipping penalties at an alarming rate - five in the first 15 minutes alone - and with Wilkinson missing three long-distance pots of his own in the first 20 minutes, the alarm bells began to ring for Martin Johnson's men."
Etymology
From Middle English ship, schip, from Old English sċip, from Proto-West Germanic *skip, from Proto-Germanic *skipą, from Proto-Indo-European *skēyb-, *skib-. More at shift. Cognates Cognate with West Frisian skip, Dutch schip, German Schiff, Yiddish שיף (shif), Danish skib, Norwegian skip, Swedish skepp. Related also to Lithuanian skiẽbti (“to rip up”), Latvian škibît (“to cut, lop”). Compare typologically boat, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd-.
From Middle English schippen, schipen, from Old English sċipian, from Proto-West Germanic *skipōn, from Proto-Germanic *skipōną, from Proto-Germanic *skipą (“ship”). Doublet of equip.
Clipping of relationship.
Clipping of relationship.
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