ship

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

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

   The ship sailed across the ocean to America.

2. 2
   verb

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

   The company ships its products all over the world.

3. 3
   verb

   To release a product publicly, especially software.

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

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Simplified etymology

Ship is an Old English word related to Dutch schip and German Schiff.

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…

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