Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- 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 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.
- idiom (tight ship) A well-managed and efficient business, household, or organization.
from The Century Dictionary.
- 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.
- 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.
from 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 colloq. 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 obsolete A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense.
- noun [Eng.] 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 . SeeHardtack . - noun a boy who serves in a ship.
- noun one who breaks up vessels when unfit for further use.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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"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
The Cruise of the "Esmeralda" Harry Collingwood 1886
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When this ill-omened ship lay in Boston harbor, previous to her last and fatal cruise, she could not get men; and that from the impression on the minds of sailors, that _she was an unlucky ship_.
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The ship which goes yearly from India to China is called the _drug ship_, because she carries various drugs of Cambaia, but her principal lading consists of silver.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 Robert Kerr 1784
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Colonel Watson's ship should enter the port of Canton as an _armed ship_, (they would not say a ship of war, though that must be meant,) that her cargo should not be reported; they also ordered that other measures should be adopted to secure this prohibited article from seizure.
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 08 (of 12) Edmund Burke 1763
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[226] Add to this, what I have before taken notice of, the great absurdity of making the Grecian Argo the first ship which sailed upon the seas: Illa rudem cursu prima imbuit Amphitriten: when the poet, at the same instant, is describing Theseus, previous to the Argo, _in a ship_, and attended with
A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) Jacob Bryant 1759
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Later when the ship€ ™ s CCTV camera footage were examined, she was seen jumping into the ocean from the deck of the ship, in which her husband works as a manager.
The Times of India 2010
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"The term ship, as usually applied, has reference to a vessel furnished with a bowsprit and three masts -- a mainmast, a foremast and a mizzenmast; and these three masts are each composed of three parts, namely, a lowermast, a topmast, and a topgallant mast."
The Wonder Island Boys: Exploring the Island Roger Thompson Finlay
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Summary: "H.M.S. Pinafore" follows the crew aboard the title ship and the pursuits of sailor Ralph Rackstraw, who has fallen in love with Captain Corcoran's daughter Josephine.
unknown title 2009
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"H.M.S. Pinafore" follows the crew aboard the title ship, and the pursuits of sailor Ralph Rackstraw, who has fallen in love with Captain Corcoran's daughter Josephine.
unknown title 2009
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The ride and stability of this ship is amazing, even in a large ocean swell.
Master and captain 2009
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