to ship
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1.1
- verb
- /ʃɪp/
:
enviar
- The company ships electronics to customers across the country every day.
- ship products
- ship back
- ship by rail
They would order those shipped on ice to Boston.
- They would order those shipped on ice to Boston.
- The use of cattle cars to ship my people to the gas chambers.
- We should be getting them shipped to us within.
- Mine was the Midnight Lux and bam had it shipped right to my house.
- Mine was the Midnight Luxe and bam had it shipped right to my house.
- That's the hard part, shipping the products out.
- Isaac, that will be shipped to you ASA&OP;.
- They cut, saw, package and ship the finished garments.
- We will not have nuclear waste being shipped to our state.
- Our supplements have the option to drop ship and have a reoccurring fee.
- We broke voice and power among workers, and we shipped the jobs away.
- Everything you get shipped nowadays is full of plastic.
Examples
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We create preserved Moss walls and ship them all over the US and Canada.
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Listen, tell Warren if we don't ship by Tuesday, we won't be in the stores by Mother's Day, and that's unacceptable!
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Oh, if anybody wants to buy this, we'll ship it world worldwide.
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We will not have nuclear waste being shipped to our state.
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Ship it to the university.
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As an example, you might want to study how products are shipped around the world.
Academic text (2008) -
Not until after the first machines were shipped was it discovered that this was a serious problem.
Academic text (1999) -
At the end of the season, several hundred samples are shipped back to the United States.
Academic text (2008) -
During high volume periods, some processed material is shipped to another site for composting.
Academic text (1999) -
They cut, saw, package and ship the finished garments.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Make a letter, package, or email go to another person
933
1.0
To bring letters or goods to a person, a place
377
1.4
To move people or goods from one place to another, often by vehicle
29
2.0
To carry people or goods across water regularly, often by boat
28
2.6
To move goods by road in a large vehicle
20
3.5
To send goods to customers by mail or truck
3
3.9
To send goods by ship, train, or plane
1
4.2
To send goods by plane for fast delivery
1
4.7
To move goods or people by a large flat boat on water
To carry large amounts of goods or people by ship, often for military use
To move people and goods over shallow water or marshes in a boat with a big fan
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
To join a business or project that is likely to fail even though there are clear risks
Phrasal Verbs
- Specialized
Turn a sailing boat away from the wind by moving the back through the wind, not the front
Compounds
50
2.6
A large ship that carries people on holiday trips with places to sleep and entertainment
- NSFW
11
7.0
A ship that carried people taken from their homelands to be forced to work across the Atlantic in the past
- Archaic
2
7.5
A large slow cargo ship built in the United States during World War Two to carry supplies and troops
- Specialized
2
4.9
A military ship that moves and fights on the water's surface, not underwater
- Specialized
2
7.9
A very large warship like a battleship or aircraft carrier with heavy weapons
- Archaic
1
9.9
A large warship that fights in the main line of ships in sea battles from the 1600s to the 1800s
- Specialized
1
3.9
A spacecraft that delivers food, equipment, and spare parts to a space station
- Specialized
A person who arranges for ships to carry cargo or for owners to rent their ships
- Specialized
A device pulled behind a ship that listens for submarines from far away
How Much
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ship (to send goods) comes from the idea of moving things by a ship, so merchants long ago 'shipped' cargo across the sea and now we use 'ship' for sending goods by sea, air, or land.