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ship

/ˈʃɪp/noun, verb1 syllable

Ship means: transport commercially.

Synonyms for ship3

verb, as in transport commercially

verb, as in go on board

What does ship mean?6

verb

1

transport commercially

2

go on board

3

hire for work on a ship

4

travel by ship

5

place on board a ship“ship the cargo in the hold of the vessel”

noun

1

a vessel that carries passengers or freight

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with ship?22

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All 22 rhymes for ship, grouped by syllable

Ship in a sentence

  • Which goes faster, a ship or a train?Dejo
  • By the time we got there, the ship had left.CK
  • When our ship entered the port, she was no better than a raft.unknown
  • At a distance, the ship looks like an island.unknown
  • The ship will be ready to sail, if the weather permits.unknown
  • A camel is, so to speak, a ship on the desert.frpzzd
  • Owing to the storm, the ship could not leave port.CM
  • From that distance, the ship is similar to an island.Eldad

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Forms of ship

as a noun

plural
ships

as a verb

past tense
shipped
present participle
shipping
third-person singular
ships
past participle
shipped