ship

ship
ship1 W2S2 [ʃıp] n
[: Old English; Origin: scip]
1.) a large boat used for carrying people or goods across the sea
▪ the ship's captain
▪ a luxury cruise ship
by ship
▪ supplies that came by ship
2.) a large spacecraft
→jump ship at ↑jump1 (16), run a tight ship at ↑tight1 (5)
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WORD FOCUS: ship
a ship that carries people: passenger ship, cruise ship, liner, ferry, ro-ro
a ship that carries goods: cargo ship, merchant ship, freighter, oil tanker, super tanker, barge
a small ship: boat, motorboat, powerboat
a ship with sails: yacht, dinghy, sailing ship, sailing boat (BrE) sailboat (AmE), catamaran
a fighting ship: warship, aircraft carrier, battleship, cruiser, frigate, destroyer, minesweeper, gunboat, man-of-war (old-fashioned)
a ship that people live on: houseboat, narrow boat (BrE)
a ship that goes under water: submarine
people on a ship: sailor, captain, passenger, seaman, the crew
parts of a ship: deck, cabin, porthole, engine room, mast, rudder, hull
See also: vessel, steamer, steamship, raft, navy, dock, port
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ship 2
ship2 v past tense and past participle shipped present participle shipping
1.) [T]
to send goods somewhere by ship, plane, truck etc
ship sth out/to/over etc
▪ A new engine was shipped over from the US.
2.) [I and T] technical
to make a piece of computer equipment or software available for people to buy
▪ They're now shipping their long-awaited MS-DOS version of the X-Window System.
▪ Both products are due to ship at the beginning of June.
3.) [T]
to order someone to go somewhere
ship sb off/out etc
▪ He was shipped off to a juvenile detention center.
→↑shipping
→shape up or ship out at shape up(3)

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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