ship
VERB:
1. to put or take on board a ship or other means of transportation; to send or transport by ship, rail, truck, plane, etc.
2. to bring (an object) into a ship or boat.
3. to engage (someone) for service on a ship.
4. to fix in a ship or boat in the proper place for use.
5. to place (an oar) in proper position for rowing.
(Compare boat (to remove (an oar) from the water and place athwartships).)
6. to send away:
They shipped the kids off to camp for the summer.
7. to go on board or travel by ship; embark.
8. to engage to serve on a ship.
9. to place, transport, or travel on any conveyance, esp aboard a ship:
ship the microscopes by aeroplane; can we ship tomorrow?
10. to place or receive on board a ship for transportation by water.
11. to cause to be transported:
shipped him off to prep school.
12. to put in place for use:
ship the tiller.
13. to take into a ship or boat:
ship the gangplank.
14. to engage for service on a ship.
15. to take (water) over the side —used of a boat or a ship.
16. to embark on a ship.
17. to go or travel by ship —often used with out.
18. to proceed by ship or other means under military orders —often used with out.
19. to engage to serve on shipboard.
20. to be sent for delivery:
the order will ship soon.
Origin:
before 900; (noun) Middle English; Old English scip; cognate with Dutch schip, German Schiff, Old Norse, Gothic skip; (v.) Middle English s(c)hip(p)en, derivative of the noun. Old English scip; related to Old Norse skip, Old High German skif ship, scipfī cup. —Dictionary.com. // First Known Use of ship: Noun: before the 12th century. Verb: 14th century. History and Etymology for ship: Noun: Middle English, from Old English scip; akin to Old High German skif ship. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
Added: 20 June 2020 {11:12 AM}
1. to put or take on board a ship or other means of transportation; to send or transport by ship, rail, truck, plane, etc.
2. to bring (an object) into a ship or boat.
3. to engage (someone) for service on a ship.
4. to fix in a ship or boat in the proper place for use.
5. to place (an oar) in proper position for rowing.
(Compare boat (to remove (an oar) from the water and place athwartships).)
6. to send away:
They shipped the kids off to camp for the summer.
7. to go on board or travel by ship; embark.
8. to engage to serve on a ship.
9. to place, transport, or travel on any conveyance, esp aboard a ship:
ship the microscopes by aeroplane; can we ship tomorrow?
10. to place or receive on board a ship for transportation by water.
11. to cause to be transported:
shipped him off to prep school.
12. to put in place for use:
ship the tiller.
13. to take into a ship or boat:
ship the gangplank.
14. to engage for service on a ship.
15. to take (water) over the side —used of a boat or a ship.
16. to embark on a ship.
17. to go or travel by ship —often used with out.
18. to proceed by ship or other means under military orders —often used with out.
19. to engage to serve on shipboard.
20. to be sent for delivery:
the order will ship soon.
Origin:
before 900; (noun) Middle English; Old English scip; cognate with Dutch schip, German Schiff, Old Norse, Gothic skip; (v.) Middle English s(c)hip(p)en, derivative of the noun. Old English scip; related to Old Norse skip, Old High German skif ship, scipfī cup. —Dictionary.com. // First Known Use of ship: Noun: before the 12th century. Verb: 14th century. History and Etymology for ship: Noun: Middle English, from Old English scip; akin to Old High German skif ship. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
Added: 20 June 2020 {11:12 AM}