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inship

/inˈʃip/

inship verb: to put aboard a ship. Also the alternative form of enship.

Verb (1)

inship (third-person singular simple present inships, present participle inshipping, simple past and past participle inshipped)

  1. (dated, transitive) To put aboard a ship.

Verb (2)

IPA/ˈinˌʃip/

inship (third-person singular simple present inships, present participle inshipping, simple past and past participle inshipped)

  1. (transitive) To ship in from abroad; to import.
    • Louisiana producers should be interested to learn that 43 percent of the inshipped fresh beef graded less than USDA Choice.1987, Louisiana Rural Economist, volumes 49-55, page 4

Also used as

inship is also the alternative form of enship.

Forms of inship

third-person singular presentinships
present participleinshipping
past participleinshipped
pastinshipped
alternative formenship

Origin of inship

From in- + ship. Compare West Frisian ynskipje (“to board a ship”), Dutch inschepen (“to ship, embark”), German einschiffen (“to ship, embark”), Danish indskibe (“to ship, embark”), Swedish inskeppa (“to ship, embark”).

From in- + ship.

Questions about inship

What does inship mean?
Inship means to put aboard a ship.
What part of speech is inship?
Inship is a verb.
How do you pronounce inship?
Inship is pronounced /inˈʃip/.
What is the past tense of inship?
The past tense of inship is inshipped.

Words near inship in the dictionary

  1. inshells
  2. inshelter
  3. insheltered
  4. insheltering
  5. inshelters
  6. inship
  7. inshipment
  8. inshipments
  9. inshipped
  10. inshipping
  11. inships

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