What is the meaning of SHIP. Phrases containing SHIP
See meanings and uses of SHIP!Slangs & AI meanings
Ship Out is slang for depart.
Ship over is American military slang for re−enlist, volunteer for a tour of duty.
Ship in full sail was old London Cockney rhyming slang for a pint of ale.
Ship under sail was old London Cockney rhyming slang for a tale as told by a con man.
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a.
Relating to ships, their ownership, transfer, or employment; as, shiping concerns.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Shipwreck
n.
A yard, place, or inclosure where ships are built or repaired.
n.
The act or process of shipping; as, he was engaged in the shipment of coal for London; an active shipment of wheat from the West.
n.
That which is shipped.
a.
Rigged like a ship, that is, having three masts, each with square sails.
v. t.
To destroy, as a ship at sea, by running ashore or on rocks or sandbanks, or by the force of wind and waves in a tempest.
n.
Owner of a ship or ships.
n.
The act of one who, or of that which, ships; as, the shipping of flour to Liverpool.
n.
The collective body of ships in one place, or belonging to one port, country, etc.; vessels, generally; tonnage.
a.
Relating to, or concerned in, the forwarding of goods; as, a shipping clerk.
n.
A ship wrecked or destroyed upon the water, or the parts of such a ship; wreckage.
imp. & p. p.
of Shipwreck
adv.
In a shipshape or seamanlike manner.
v. t.
To cause to experience shipwreck, as sailors or passengers. Hence, to cause to suffer some disaster or loss; to destroy or ruin, as if by shipwreck; to wreck; as, to shipwreck a business.
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Arranged in a manner befitting a ship; hence, trim; tidy; orderly.
n.
The breaking in pieces, or shattering, of a ship or other vessel by being cast ashore or driven against rocks, shoals, etc., by the violence of the winds and waves.
n.
One whose occupation is to construct ships; a builder of ships or other vessels.
n.
A cowhouse; a shippen.
n.
Any long, slender, worm-shaped bivalve mollusk of Teredo and allied genera. The shipworms burrow in wood, and are destructive to wooden ships, piles of wharves, etc. See Teredo.
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