ship

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural

ships

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)

ship

past (v2)

shipped

past participle (v3)

shipped

present participle

shipping

3rd person singular

ships

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.A water-borne vessel generally larger than a boat.

   • A ship sank near here yesterday.

2. 2.A vessel which travels through any medium other than across land, such as an airship or spaceship.

   • A ship sank near here yesterday.

3. 3.A spaceship.

   • A ship sank near here yesterday.

4. 4.A particular still life consisting of an empty cell surrounded by six live cells.

   • But there are no ships, and no natural traffic lights or honey farms. The ship self destructs, and the predecessors to the traffic lights and honey farms self-destruct in spectacular manners.
   • In the case of these "ship" neighborhoods, birth will occur at the center cell, thus deviating from the "overcrowding" rule of Life (HighLife allows such a birth in all neighborhoods containing 6 cells).

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1. 1.To send by water-borne transport.

   • One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination.

2. 2.To send (a parcel or container) to a recipient (by any means of transport).

3. 3.To release (a product, not necessarily physical) to vendors or customers; to launch.

   • Our next issue ships early next year.

4. 4.To engage to serve on board a vessel.

   • I shipped on a man-of-war.

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