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- [ship out]
- /ʃɪp aʊt/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [ship out]
- /ʃɪp aʊt/
Definitions of ship out words
- noun ship out a vessel, especially a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines. 1
- noun ship out Nautical. a sailing vessel square-rigged on all of three or more masts, having jibs, staysails, and a spanker on the aftermost mast. Now Rare. a bark having more than three masts. Compare shipentine. 1
- noun ship out the crew and, sometimes, the passengers of a vessel: The captain gave the ship shore leave. 1
- noun ship out an airship, airplane, or spacecraft. 1
- verb with object ship out to put or take on board a ship or other means of transportation; to send or transport by ship, rail, truck, plane, etc. 1
- verb with object ship out Nautical. to take in (water) over the side, as a vessel does when waves break over it. 1
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Origin of ship out
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; (noun) Middle English; Old English scip; cognate with Dutch schip, German Schiff, Old Norse, Gothic skip; (v.) Middle English s(c)hip(p)en, derivative of the noun
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Parts of speech for Ship out
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
ship out popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
ship out usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for ship out
verb ship out
- abandon — If you abandon a place, thing, or person, you leave the place, thing, or person permanently or for a long time, especially when you should not do so.
- cast out — To cast out something or someone means to get rid of them because you do not like or need them, or do not want to take responsibility for them.
- cut and run — to make a rapid escape
- deport — If a government deports someone, usually someone who is not a citizen of that country, it sends them out of the country because they have committed a crime or because it believes they do not have the right to be there.
- ease out — freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort: to enjoy one's ease.
Antonyms for ship out
verb ship out
- berthed — in a berth
- berthing — a shelflike sleeping space, as on a ship, airplane, or railroad car.
- dock — any of various weedy plants belonging to the genus Rumex, of the buckwheat family, as R. obtusifolius (bitter dock) or R. acetosa (sour dock) having long taproots.
- hook up — a curved or angular piece of metal or other hard substance for catching, pulling, holding, or suspending something.
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