ship

Definitions

1. 1noun

   A suffix denoting state, office, dignity, profession, or art; as in lordship, friendship, chancellorship, stewardship, horsemanship.

2. 2noun

   Pay; reward.

3. 3noun

   Any large seagoing vessel.

4. 4noun

   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.

5. 5noun

   A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense.

6. 6transitive verb

   To put on board of a ship, or vessel of any kind, for transportation; to send by water.

7. 7transitive verb

   By extension, in commercial usage, to commit to any conveyance for transportation to a distance; as, to ship freight by railroad.

8. 8transitive verb

   Hence, to send away; to get rid of.

9. 9transitive verb

   To engage or secure for service on board of a ship; as, to ship seamen.

10. 10transitive verb

    To receive on board ship; as, to ship a sea.

11. 11transitive verb

    To put in its place; as, to ship the tiller or rudder.

12. 12intransitive verb

    To engage to serve on board of a vessel; as, to ship on a man-of-war.

13. 13intransitive verb

    To embark on a ship.

14. 14noun

    a vessel that carries passengers or freight

15. 15verb

    place on board a ship

    "ship the cargo in the hold of the vessel"

16. 16verb

    travel by ship

17. 17verb

    transport commercially

    Synonyms

    sendtransport
18. 18verb

    go on board

    Synonyms

    embark
19. 19verb

    hire for work on a ship