ship
verb/ʃɪp/
/ʃɪp/
Verb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they ship | /ʃɪp/ /ʃɪp/ |
| he / she / it ships | /ʃɪps/ /ʃɪps/ |
| past simple shipped | /ʃɪpt/ /ʃɪpt/ |
| past participle shipped | /ʃɪpt/ /ʃɪpt/ |
| -ing form shipping | /ˈʃɪpɪŋ/ /ˈʃɪpɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] ship somebody/something + adv./prep. to send or transport somebody/something 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.
- Within four years they were shipping fabrics to customers in Australia.
- The vehicles are shipped by rail and truck.
Extra ExamplesTopics Businessb2- How much would it cost to ship this to Japan?
- They are due to ship a cargo of nuclear waste from France.
- Thousands of orphans were shipped abroad in the 1960s and 1970s.
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- [intransitive, transitive] to be available to be bought; to make something available to be bought
- The software is due to ship next month.
- ship something The company continues to ship more computer systems than its rivals.
- [transitive] ship water (of a boat, etc.) to have water coming in over the sides
- [transitive] ship A and/with B (informal) to think that two people should be in a romantic relationship
- Some people are already shipping Alex and Meredith.
- People ship Emma with Jack because he’s so hot and funny!
Word OriginOld English scip (noun), late Old English scipian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schip and German Schiff.
Idioms
See ship in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee ship in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishshape up or ship out
- (informal) used to tell somebody that if they do not improve, work harder, etc. they will have to leave their job, position, etc.
- He finally faced up to his drug problem when his band told him to shape up or ship out.
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