SHIP


Meaning of SHIP in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ʃɪp ]

( ships, shipping, shipped)

Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.

1.

A ship is a large boat which carries passengers or cargo.

Within ninety minutes the ship was ready for departure...

We went by ship over to America.

...merchant ships.

N-COUNT : also by N

2.

If people or things are shipped somewhere, they are sent there on a ship or by some other means of transport.

Food is being shipped to drought-stricken Southern Africa.

VERB : usu passive , be V-ed prep / adv

3.

see also shipping

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