ship

A2 Topic:Transportation

US /ˈʃɪp/ See IPA manual

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Sounds like sheep /ɪ/ vs /iː/ Sounds like chip /tʃ/ vs /ʃ/

Freq #745

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1

noun
A large boat that carries people or goods across the sea.

The ship sailed across the ocean to America.
2

verb
To send goods to someone, especially by sea, rail, or post.

The company ships its products all over the world.
3

verb
To release a product publicly, especially software.

After months of work, the team finally shipped the new app.

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Forms shipfulshippedships

Derived forms air-to-shipamidshipamidshipsanti-shipantishipapostolicshipashipastroshipbioshipblockshipcamerashipcityship

Related forms skiff skipper

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sek-? Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *skey-der.? Proto-Germanic *skipą Proto-West Germanic *skip Old English scip Middle English schip English ship From Middle English ship, schip, from Old English sċip, from Proto-West Germanic *skip, from Proto-Germanic *skipą, from Proto-Indo-European *skēyb-, *skib-. More at shift. Cognates Cognate with West Frisian skip, Dutch schip, German Schiff, Yiddish שיף (shif), Danish skib, Norwegian skip, Swedish skepp. Related also to Lithuanian skiẽbti (“to rip up”), Latvian škibît (“to cut, lop”). Compare typo…

*skey- Proto-Indo-European ship Middle English sċip Old English *skip Proto-West Germanic *skipą Proto-Germanic *skēyb- Proto-Indo-European

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# ship

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈʃɪp/
**Frequency rank:** 745

## Meanings
1. A large boat that carries people or goods across the sea.
2. To send goods to someone, especially by sea, rail, or post.
3. To release a product publicly, especially software.

## Examples
- The ship sailed across the ocean to America.
- The company ships its products all over the world.
- After months of work, the team finally shipped the new app.

## Derived Forms
- air-to-ship
- amidship
- amidships
- anti-ship
- antiship
- apostolicship
- aship
- astroship
- bioship
- blockship
- cameraship
- cityship

## Related Forms
- skiff
- skipper

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *skey-
- Root: ship
- Root: sċip
- Root: *skip
- Root: *skipą
- Root: *skēyb-

## Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sek-? Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *skey-der.? Proto-Germanic *skipą Proto-West Germanic *skip Old English scip Middle English schip English ship From Middle English ship, schip, from Old English sċip, from Proto-West Germanic *skip, from Proto-Germanic *skipą, from Proto-Indo-European *skēyb-, *skib-. More at shift. Cognates Cognate with West Frisian skip, Dutch schip, German Schiff, Yiddish שיף (shif), Danish skib, Norwegian skip, Swedish skepp. Related also to Lithuanian skiẽbti (“to rip up”), Latvian škibît (“to cut, lop”). Compare typo…

## AI Etymology
The etymological chain for ship runs Proto-Indo-European *sek-? Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *skey- derived into? Proto-Germanic *skipą Proto-West Germanic *skip Old English scip Middle English schip English ship From Middle English ship, schip, from Old English sċip, from Proto-West Germanic *skip, from Proto-Germanic *skipą, from Proto-Indo-European *skēyb-, *skib-. More at shift. Cognates Cognate with West Frisian skip, Dutch schip, German Schiff, Yiddish שיף (shif), Danish skib, Norwegian skip, Swedish skepp. Related also to Lithuanian skiẽbti (“to rip up”), Latvian škibît (“to cut, lop”). Important forms in the word's history include Proto-Indo-European *skey-, Middle English ship, Old English sċip, Proto-West Germanic *skip, Proto-Germanic *skipą, Proto-Indo-European *skēyb-. In current use it includes senses such as A large boat that carries people or goods across the sea and To send goods to someone, especially by sea, rail, or post.

## Topics
- Transportation

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