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ships definition and meaning

n. Pay; reward.
n. Any large seagoing vessel.
n. Specifically, a vessel furnished with a bowsprit and three masts (a mainmast, a foremast, and a mizzenmast), each of which is composed of a lower mast, a topmast, and a topgallant mast, and square-rigged on all masts. See Illustation in Appendix.
n. A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense.
v. t. To put on board of a ship, or vessel of any kind, for transportation; to send by water.
v. t. By extension, in commercial usage, to commit to any conveyance for transportation to a distance; as, to ship freight by railroad.
v. t. Hence, to send away; to get rid of.
v. t. To engage or secure for service on board of a ship; as, to ship seamen.
v. t. To receive on board ship; as, to ship a sea.
v. t. To put in its place; as, to ship the tiller or rudder.
v. i. To engage to serve on board of a vessel; as, to ship on a man-of-war.
v. i. To embark on a ship.

Crossword clues for ships

- Dispatch
- Freighter
- Go aboard
- Large nautical vessel
- luxury liner
- ocean going vessel
- Ocean liner
- Sea-going vessel
- Send out
- Send packages
- Small, trendy vessel
- Transport
- Vessel
- Goes out
- Vessels