/ ʃɪp; NAmE / noun , verb
■ noun
a large boat that carries people or goods by sea :
There are two restaurants on board ship .
a sailing / cargo / cruise ship
a ship's captain / crew / company / cook
Raw materials and labour come by ship , rail or road.
—see also airship , flagship , lightship
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IDIOMS
see jump verb , sink verb , spoil verb , tight
■ verb ( -pp- )
1.
[ vn ] to send or transport sb/sth by ship or by another means of transport :
The company ships its goods all over the world.
He was arrested and shipped back to the UK for trial.
2.
to be available to be bought; to make sth available to be bought :
[ v ]
The software is due to ship next month.
[ vn ]
The company continues to ship more computer systems than its rivals.
3.
[ vn ] ship water ( of a boat, etc. ) to have water coming in over the sides
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IDIOMS
see shape verb
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PHRASAL VERBS
- ship sb off
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WORD ORIGIN
Old English scip (noun), late Old English scipian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schip and German Schiff .