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to transship

to transship

1 8.0
To move goods from one ship or vehicle onto another while on the way
  • verb
  • /trænˈʃɪp/
  • Specialized
translation icon : transbordar
  • To save time, we decided to transship the products from the warehouse to the delivery truck early in the morning.

Examples

  • We show documents for ports west of Cadiz, and we transship in the offing of Italian ports mostly.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • It was the logical place to transship to Targa where the Seddi had my son.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • An informant has revealed that a freighter departed Barranquilla for South Florida with plans to transship contraband to go-fast boats in broad daylight one day next week off the coast of Miami.

    Miami Vice (2006)

  • The company will transship the cargo from the cargo ship to the smaller boat at the harbor.

  • Before reaching its final destination, the freight must be transshipped at several ports along the way.

Synonyms

to transfer
vsto transship
82 3.0

To change from one vehicle to another during a trip

focuses specifically on moving goods between conveyances rather than personal travel
to reship
vsto transship
  • Specialized
6.9

To put goods back on a ship or move them to another ship

applies to moving goods between different transport types during a journey

Antonyms

to retain
236 3.4

To keep having something such as a job or possession

How Direct

to ship
347 1.1
reshipment
  • Specialized
4.8
to transship
  • Specialized
1 8.0

Surface Forms

transship infinitive
transshipped past
transshipped past participle
transshipping present participle
transships third person singular

Morphology

transship = ship (transparent) = trans + ship

The verb is a straightforward prefixation of 'ship' with 'trans-' meaning 'across/transfer', so the sense is directly derived.

Etymology

The word transship comes from the prefix trans- meaning 'across', like in transfer, and the word ship for a boat. So it literally means moving goods 'across' from one ship to another while they are on the way.