ship
n. countablen. a large boat used for carrying people or goods across the ocean. You usually use this word for vessels that are bigger than a small boat.
n. a large seafaring vessel, typically distinguished from a boat by its size, cargo capacity, and ability to navigate deep waters.
The cargo ship carries thousands of containers across the sea.
The cruise ship docked at the port early in the morning to let the passengers explore the city.
Historical accounts of the expedition describe a massive wooden ship that struggled against the gale-force winds of the Atlantic before finally reaching the safety of the harbor.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sek-? Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *skey-der.? Proto-Germanic *skipą Proto-West Germanic *skip Old English scip Middle English schip English ship From Middle English ship, schip, from Old English sċip, from Proto-West Germanic skip, from Proto-Germanic skipą, from Proto-Indo-European skēyb-, skib-. More at shift. Cognates Cognate with West Frisian skip, Dutch schip, German Schiff, Yiddish שיף (shif), Danish skib, Norwegian skip, Swedish skepp. Related also to Lithuanian skiẽbti (“to rip up”), Latvian škibît (“to cut, lop”). Compare typologically boat, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd-.
From Middle English schippen, schipen, from Old English sċipian, from Proto-West Germanic skipōn, from Proto-Germanic skipōną, from Proto-Germanic *skipą (“ship”). Doublet of equip.
Clipping of relationship.
Commonly used with the preposition 'on' (on a ship) or 'by' (by ship) to describe travel.
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one's ship comes in
One makes or comes into possession of a significant amount of money.
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shape up or ship out
To either improve one's behavior or else be required to leave; to either improve one's performance in an activity or else withdraw from that activity completely.
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sinking ship
Something which is doomed; an impending debacle; an ongoing disaster.