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Added 7 October 2026

ship

/ˈʃɪp/ noun

In Latin: navis Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about ship at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A water-borne vessel generally larger than a boat.
A vessel which travels through any medium other than across land, such as an airship or spaceship.
A spaceship.

verb

To send by water-borne transport.
To send (a parcel or container) to a recipient (by any means of transport).
to ship freight by railroad
To release (a product, not necessarily physical) to vendors or customers; to launch.
Our next issue ships early next year.

noun

A romantic pairing of two or more characters or real people, especially one imagined by fans.
Clipping of relationship.

verb

To support or approve of a fictional romantic relationship between two characters, typically in fan fiction or other fandom contexts.
I ship Kirk and Spock in Star Trek.

Origin

From Middle English chip, schepe, schip, schup, scip, scippe, ship, shup, ssip, from Old English sċip, sċyp, from Proto-West Germanic *skip, from Proto-Germanic *skipą (“ship; tub, vessel”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *skey- (“to split”). More at shift.

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