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about shipping

about shipping is the present participle and gerund 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 shipping the present participle and gerund of?
About shipping is the present participle and gerund of about ship.

Words near about shipping in the dictionary

  1. about one's person
  2. about page
  3. about pages
  4. about ship
  5. about shipped
  6. about shipping
  7. about ships
  8. about sledge
  9. about sledges
  10. about that life
  11. about time

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