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Ship meaning
ship - 17 dictionary results
- 1. a vessel that carries passengers or freight
- 2. place on board a ship; " ship the cargo in the hold of the vessel"
- 3. Pay; reward.
- 4. Any large seagoing vessel.
- 5. 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.
- 6. A dish or utensil ( originally fashioned like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense.
- 7. To put on board of a ship, or vessel of any kind, for transportation; to send by water.
- 8. By extension, in commercial usage, to commit to any conveyance for transportation to a distance; as, to ship freight by railroad.
- 9. Hence, to send away; to get rid of.
- 10. To engage or secure for service on board of a ship; as, to ship seamen.
- 11. To receive on board ship; as, to ship a sea.
- 12. To put in its place; as, to ship the tiller or rudder.
- 13. To engage to serve on board of a vessel; as, to ship on a man- of- war.
- 14. To embark on a ship.
- 15. A large sea- going vessel. esp. one that has three masts square rigged.
- 16. To engage for service on shipboard.
- 17. To put on board a ship.
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