a large boat that carries people or goods by sea:
There are two restaurants on board ship. * a sailing / cargo / cruise ship * a ship's captain / crew / company / cook * Raw materials and labour come by ship, rail or road. * They boarded a ship bound for India. * When the ship docked at Southampton he was rushed to hospital.
seealsoAIRSHIP, FLAGSHIP, LIGHTSHIP
IDIOMS see JUMPv., SINKv., TIGHT
verb (-pp-)
1 [VN] to send or transport sb/sth by ship or by another means of transport:
The company ships its goods all over the world. * He was arrested and shipped back to the UK for trial.
2 (computing) to be available to be bought; to make sth available to be bought:
[V] The software is due to ship next month. * [VN] The company continues to ship more computer systems than its rivals.
3 [VN] ~ water (of a boat, etc.) to have water coming in over the sides
IDIOMS see SHAPEv.
PHRASALVERBS
ship sb<->off (disapproving) to send sb to a place where they will stay:
The children were shipped off to a boarding school at an early age.
