ship

/ʃɪp/
verb
  1. To send or transport something, usually by mail, truck, train, or ship.
    • The company ships its products to customers all over the world.
    • Please ship the package to my office address by Friday.
    • We need to ship these supplies to the disaster area as quickly as possible.
  2. To make a product available for sale or release (informal, especially in technology).
    • The software company plans to ship the new version next month.
    • The game shipped with several bugs that were fixed in a later update.
    • They shipped the album on vinyl and CD simultaneously.
  3. To support or hope for a romantic relationship between two people, especially fictional characters (slang, from 'relationship').
    • Fans have been shipping the actor with his co-star for years.
    • Do you ship Harry and Hermione or Harry and Ginny?
    • I totally ship those two characters from the TV show.
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noun
  1. A large boat used for carrying people or goods across the sea.
    • They boarded the cruise ship for a week-long vacation in the Caribbean.
    • The old wooden ship sank during a storm in the 18th century.
    • The cargo ship carried containers full of electronics from China to the United States.
  2. A large spacecraft or aircraft (informal or in science fiction).
    • The airship floated silently above the city, its engines barely humming.
    • The starship entered warp speed to escape the enemy fleet.
    • In the movie, the mother ship landed in the desert and opened its hatch.
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