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about shipped

about shipped is the simple past and past participle of about ship.

Meaning of about ship

Verb

about ship (third-person singular simple present about ships, present participle about shipping, simple past and past participle about ship or about shipped)

  1. (intransitive) Tack; to cause to turn into the wind and through the other side ending with a full 180 degree turn.
    • The ships fired grape shot but to no effect. They about ship and went to sea.1807, A Journal kept at Nootka Sound, John R. Jewitt, page 27

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What is about shipped the simple past and past participle of?
About shipped is the simple past and past participle of about ship.

Words near about shipped in the dictionary

  1. about one's ears
  2. about one's person
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  4. about pages
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  10. about sledges
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