ship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: shĭp
ipa: /ʃɪp/
rhymes: -ɪp
Forms: form: ships
form: shippe
Etymology: 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 typologically boat, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd-.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
hypernyms: watercraft
vessel
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vessel
coordinate_terms: boat
glosses: A water-borne vessel generally larger than a boat.
glosses: A vessel which travels through any medium other than across land, such as an airship or spaceship.
examples: text: I don't know if there is another standard method, but the following approach works: Consider the collision of gliders from three rakes that produces a medium spaceship in the _same_ direction as the rake. This ship will follow along to the next collision point, which will not produce a spaceship, but rather some stable garbage, consisting of a block and a beehive.
ref: 1991 January 10, Paul Callahan, “Questions and comments about Conway's Life (long)”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet):
text: Aside from the one ship in B3/S124 shown above, the only spaceships of this size (with period up to 20) in any of these rules are the Life glider and the three known from B2/ (each of which also is found in some variants of the Life or B2/ rules).
ref: 1995 November 12, Rich Holmes, “Totalistic spaceships”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet):
text: While constructing a butterfly double gun I put one cell at the wrong site and the result was highly surprising: my pattern turned to a big, beautiful ship, very similar to those found in Aqua25 from Al Hensel's collection!
ref: 1999 June 23, Mirek Wojtowicz, “What else has Brian in his Brain?”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet):
topics: cellular-automata
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A spaceship.
examples: text: But there are no ships, and no natural traffic lights or honey farms. The ship self destructs, and the predecessors to the traffic lights and honey farms self-destruct in spectacular manners.
ref: 1994 May 7, David Bell, “HighLife - An Interesting Variant of Life (part 1/3)”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet):
text: In the case of these "ship" neighborhoods, birth will occur at the center cell, thus deviating from the "overcrowding" rule of Life (HighLife allows such a birth in all neighborhoods containing 6 cells).
ref: 1994 June 5, Paul Callahan, “Interesting life program”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet):
topics: cellular-automata
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A particular still life consisting of an empty cell surrounded by six live cells.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A sailing vessel with three or more square-rigged masts.
glosses: A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense.
topics: cartomancy
human-sciences
mysticism
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The third card of the Lenormand deck.
examples: text: This means that the landing wheels are not so far forward of the ship's center of gravity ; and that means that ground contact is less likely to produce a bounce.
ref: 1944, Wolfgang Langewiesche, Stick and Rudder: An Explanation of the Art of Flying:
text: In addition to the four NAA pilots, three Air Force and one RAF pilot, all based at Edwards, flew the ship after first being checked out on the "tether rig."
ref: 1994, American Aviation Historical Society Journal, page 107:
glosses: An aircraft.
Hyponyms: admiral ship
airship
battleship
cargo ship
coffin ship
container ship
cruise ship
escort ship
explosion ship
factory ship
fireship
flagship
hell ship
Her Majesty's Ship
His Majesty's Ship
hospital ship
lightship
line-of-battle ship
longship
merchant ship
mother ship
motor ship
privateer
private ship of war
receiving ship
sailing ship
sea control ship
ship-breach
ship of the line
ship of war
ship prefix
sinking ship
sister ship
slaver
slave ship
spaceship
starship
steamship
store ship
supply ship
tall ship
tight ship
torchship
training ship
transport ship
troopship
warship
watercraft
Derived terms: abandon ship
about ship
air ship
air-to-ship
amidship
amphibious assault ship
anti-ship
antiship
anti-ship missile
Apostolicship
arsenal ship
aship
assembly ship
astroship
battle ship
bioship
blockship
bomb ship
'bout ship
burgess-ship
cable ship
capital ship
cheer ship
cityship
country ship
crackship
disship
dogship
drillship
dropship
drop ship
enship
fire ship
foreship
free alongside ship
generation ship
ghost ship
goddess-ship
governess-ship
ground-to-ship
guardship
guard ship
gunship
hateship
headmistress-ship
hostess-ship
inship
I-ship
it's not the size of the ship, it's the motion of the ocean
jump ship
knightship
landing ship
landship
liberty ship
light-ship
like a rat from a sinking ship
like rats from a sinking ship
line of battle ship
lodeship
lofty ship
make ship
mega-ship
megaship
midship
midships
misship
mistress-ship
moonship
multiship
mystery ship
one's ship comes in
passenger ship
patrol ship
pirate ship
planetship
plate ship
private ship
Q-ship
research ship
right the ship
rivalship
rocket ship
rocketship
round ship
sailship
schoolship
scoutship
sealship
seedship
senior ship-of-the-line captain
senior ship of the line captain
shadow ship
shape up or ship out
Shipageddon
ship ahoy
ship a sea
ship biscuit
shipboard
shipborne
shipbound
ship-boy
shipbreach
ship bread
shipbreaker
ship-breaker
shipbreaking
shipbroaker
shipbroken
shipbroker
shipbroking
ship-builder
shipbuilder
ship-building
shipbuilding
ship canal
ship chandler
shipcraft
ship-craft
ship fever
ship-fever
ship fitter
shipfitter
shipfitting
shipful
shipfyrd
shipgirl
ship-gun
shiphandler
shiphandling
shipholder
shipholding
ship in a bottle
ship-jumper
ship-keeper
shipkiller
ship-language
shiplap
ship-last
ship-launch
shipless
shiplet
ship letter
ship lift
shiplike
shipling
shipload
ship-log
shiplord
shiply
shipman
ship-man
shipmaster
shipmate
shipmistress
ship model basin
ship money
ship of fools
ship of state
ship of the desert
ship-of-the-line
ship of the line captain
ship-of-the-line captain
ship of the line ensign
ship-of-the-line ensign
ship of the line ensign first class
ship-of-the-line ensign first class
ship of the line ensign second class
ship-of-the-line ensign second class
ship-of-the-line lieutenant
ship of the line lieutenant
ship of Theseus
ship out
ship over
shipowner
shipowning
ship-pound
shippy
ship railway
ship rat
ship-rigged
Shiprock
shiproom
ship's biscuit
ship's boat
ship's books
ship's company
ship's corporal
ship's cousin
ship's days
shipset
ship's force
shipshape
ship-shape
shipshed
ship's husband
shipside
ship-sloop
ship's papers
shipspeak
ship's steward
ships that pass in the night
shipstuff
ship-timber
shiptime
ship-to-air
ship-to-ground
ship-to-ship
ship-to-shore
ship war
shipward
shipwards
shipway
shipwide
shipwise
shipwork
shipworker
shipworm
shipwreck
shipwrecker
shipwright
shipyard
single-ship
skyship
slave ship
sleeper ship
spaceship
spoil the ship for a ha'p'orth of tar
spoil the ship for a hap'orth of tar
spyship
steady the ship
steam-ship
steam ship
stiffship
storeship
stores ship
supership
surface ship
swanship
take ship
tankship
that ship has already sailed
that ship has sailed
the captain goes down with the ship
timeship
towship
tranship
transship
trans-ship
treasure ship
turret ship
turtle ship
twin-ship
twin ship
twinship
two lamps burning and no ship at sea
Viking ship
weather ship
whaleship
Related terms: sense: Terms etymologically related to ship (noun)
word: skiff
sense: Terms etymologically related to ship (noun)
word: skipper