(~s, ~ping, ~ped)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ is a large boat which carries passengers or cargo.
Within ninety minutes the ~ was ready for departure...
We went by ~ over to America.
...merchant ~s.
N-COUNT: also by N
2.
If people or things are ~ped somewhere, they are sent there on a ~ or by some other means of transport.
Food is being ~ped to drought-stricken Southern Africa.
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed prep/adv
3.
see also ~ping