English noun: ship |
1. | ship (artifact) a vessel that carries passengers or freight |
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| Broader (hypernym) | vessel, watercraft |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | abandoned ship, blockade-runner, cargo ship, cargo vessel, combat ship, derelict, flagship, gas-turbine ship, hospital ship, hulk, iceboat, icebreaker, lightship, minelayer, minesweeper, nuclear-powered ship, passenger ship, pirate, pirate ship, school ship, shipwreck, sister ship, slave ship, small ship, steamer, steamship, supply ship, tender, three-decker, training ship, transport ship, treasure ship, troopship, war vessel, warship, whaler, whaling ship, wreck |
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| Instance hyponym | Bounty, H.M.S. Bounty, Mayflower |
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| Part holonym | after part, bay, bilge pump, bilge well, bulkhead, bulwark, caboose, cargo area, cargo deck, cargo hold, cookhouse, crow's nest, davit, deck, drogue, fin, fo'c'sle, forecastle, frame, funnel, galley, gyrostabiliser, gyrostabilizer, helm, hold, log, lubber's hole, mainsheet, poop, porthole, quarter, ratlin, ratline, ridge rope, riding bitt, screw, screw propeller, sea anchor, sheet, ship's galley, shroud, skeletal frame, skeleton, spar, stern, storage area, superstructure, tack, tail, top, topside, underframe, weather sheet, winch, windlass |
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| Member meronym | fleet |
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| Domain category members | astern, auxiliary boiler, auxiliary engine, beam, belaying pin, bitt, bollard, brig, broken-backed, carvel-built, clincher-built, clinker-built, destabilization, donkey boiler, donkey engine, drift, embrasure, engine room, engineering, foundering, funnel, going under, harborage, harbourage, hogged, lap-strake, lap-straked, lap-streak, lap-streaked, leeway, log, lurch, magnetic mine, messmate, pitch, pitching, planking, port, porthole, sick berth, sickbay, trim |
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English verb: ship |
1. | ship (motion) transport commercially |
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| Examples | They ship the parcel to their parents, They ship them the parcel |
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| Synonyms | send, transport |
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| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s somebody PP. Somebody ----s something PP |
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| Broader (hypernym) | displace, move |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | barge, despatch, dispatch, forward, railroad, send off, send on |
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2. | ship (social) hire for work on a ship |
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| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody |
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| Broader (hypernym) | employ, engage, hire |
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3. | ship (motion) go on board |
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| Synonyms | embark |
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| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP |
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| Broader (hypernym) | board, get on |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | emplane, enplane |
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| Antonyms | debark, disembark, set down |
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4. | ship (motion) travel by ship |
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| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s |
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| Broader (hypernym) | journey, travel |
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5. | ship (contact) place on board a ship |
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| Samples | Ship the cargo in the hold of the vessel.
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| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something |
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| Broader (hypernym) | lay, place, pose, position, put, set |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | reship |
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