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about ships

about ships is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 ships the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
About ships is the third-person singular simple present indicative of about ship.

Words near about ships in the dictionary

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

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