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Definition
noun (English)
1. (nautical) A water-borne vessel generally larger than a boat.
2. (chiefly in combination) A vessel which travels through any medium other than across land, such as an airship or spaceship.in-compounds
3. (cellular automata, chiefly in combination) A spaceship.Examples: "I don't know if there is another standard method, but the following approach works: Consider the collision of gliders from three rakes that produces a medium spaceship in the _same_ direction as the rake. This ship will follow along to the next collision point, which will not produce a spaceship, but rather some stable garbage, consisting of a block and a beehive."; "Aside from the one ship in B3/S124 shown above, the only spaceships of this size (with period up to 20) in any of these rules are the Life glider and the three known from B2/ (each of which also is found in some variants of the Life or B2/ rules)."; "While constructing a butterfly double gun I put one cell at the wrong site and the result was highly surprising: my pattern turned to a big, beautiful ship, very similar to those found in Aqua25 from Al Hensel's collection!"in-compounds
4. (cellular automata) A particular still life consisting of an empty cell surrounded by six live cells.Examples: "But there are no ships, and no natural traffic lights or honey farms. The ship self destructs, and the predecessors to the traffic lights and honey farms self-destruct in spectacular manners."; "In the case of these "ship" neighborhoods, birth will occur at the center cell, thus deviating from the "overcrowding" rule of Life (HighLife allows such a birth in all neighborhoods containing 6 cells)."
5. (archaic, nautical, formal) A sailing vessel with three or more square-rigged masts.archaicformal
6. (cartomancy) The third card of the Lenormand deck.
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To send by water-borne transport.Examples: "All the timber whereof, was […] ſhipped in the bay of Attalia[…], from whence it was by ſea tranſported to Pelusium."; "One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination."transitive
2. (transitive) To send (a parcel or container) to a recipient (by any means of transport).Examples: "to ship freight by railroad"transitive
3. (ergative) To release (a product, not necessarily physical) to vendors or customers; to launch.Examples: "Our next issue ships early next year."; "It compiles? Ship it!"ergative
4. (ergative) To engage to serve on board a vessel.Examples: "to ship seamen"; "I shipped on a man-of-war."; "With finger pointed and eye levelled at the Pequod, the beggar-like stranger stood a moment, as if in a troubled reverie; then starting a little, turned and said:—“Ye’ve shipped, have ye? Names down on the papers? Well, well, what’s signed, is signed; and what’s to be, will be;[…]"ergative
5. (intransitive) To embark on a ship.Examples: "I shipped with them and becoming friends, we set forth on our venture, in health and safety; and sailed with a fair wind, till we came to a city called Madínat-al-Sín; […]"intransitive
6. (transitive, nautical) To put or secure in its place.Examples: "to ship the tiller or rudder"transitive
noun (English)
1. (fandom slang) A fictional romantic relationship between two characters, either real or themselves fictional, especially one explored in fan fiction.slang
2. (uncommon) Clipping of relationship.Examples: "Along the way, I have developed a few rules. When you’re seeing someone, it is only polite to hit pause on these ex-ships, or at least dial them back."abbreviationalt-ofclippinguncommon
verb (English)
1. (fandom slang, transitive) To support or approve of a fictional romantic relationship between two characters, typically in fan fiction or other fandom contexts.Examples: "I ship Kirk and Spock in Star Trek."; "I ship Peggy and Angie in Marvel's Agent Carter."; "I should warn you that I could not identify a ‘dank meme’ if the fate of the working class depended on it and that I shall not be ‘shipping’ Lenin and Trotsky."slangtransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary