How to use ship in a sentence
40 example sentences · noun, verb
Ship means a water-borne vessel generally larger than a boat. Example: “Our next issue ships early next year.”
Examples of ship by meaning
nounA spaceship.
- This ship will follow along to the next collision point, which will not produce a spaceship, but rather some stable garbage, consisting of a block and a beehive.1991 January 10, Paul Callahan, “Questions and comments about Conway's Life (long)”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet)
- While constructing a butterfly double gun I put one cell at the wrong site and the result was highly surprising: my pattern turned to a big, beautiful ship, very similar to those found in Aqua25 from Al Hensel's collection!1999 June 23, Mirek Wojtowicz, “What else has Brian in his Brain?”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet)
nounA particular still life consisting of an empty cell surrounded by six live cells.
- But there are no ships, and no natural traffic lights or honey farms.1994 May 7, David Bell, “HighLife - An Interesting Variant of Life (part 1/3)”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet)
- In the case of these "ship" neighborhoods, birth will occur at the center cell, thus deviating from the "overcrowding" rule of Life (HighLife allows such a birth in all neighborhoods containing 6 cells).1994 June 5, Paul Callahan, “Interesting life program”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet)
nounAn aircraft.
- This means that the landing wheels are not so far forward of the ship's center of gravity ; and that means that ground contact is less likely to produce a bounce.1944, Wolfgang Langewiesche, Stick and Rudder: An Explanation of the Art of Flying
- In addition to the four NAA pilots, three Air Force and one RAF pilot, all based at Edwards, flew the ship after first being checked out on the "tether rig."1994, American Aviation Historical Society Journal, page 107
verbTo send by water-borne transport.
- Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination.2014 June 14, “It's a gas”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8891
verbTo send (a parcel or container) to a recipient (by any means of transport).
- to ship freight by railroad
verbTo release (a product, not necessarily physical) to vendors or customers; to launch.
- Our next issue ships early next year.
- It compiles? Ship it!
verbTo engage to serve on board a vessel.
- to ship seamen
- I shipped on a man-of-war.
verbTo put or secure in its place.
- to ship the tiller or rudder
More sentences with ship
- We need to obfuscate these classes before we ship the final release.From the entry obfuscate
- The number of men, divided by the number of ships, gives four hundred to each ship.From the entry give
- Mariners on sailing ships would sound the depth of the water with a weighted rope.From the entry sound
- We shipped nearly twice as many units this month as last month.From the entry unit
- The ship could make 20 knots an hour in calm seas.From the entry make
- Our ship leaves port on Monday and will re-port on Friday.From the entry report
- The wind blew through her hair as she stood on the deck of the ship.From the entry wind
- Main course and mainsail are the same thing in a sailing ship.From the entry course
- They pirated the tanker and sailed to a port where they could sell the ship and cargo.From the entry pirate
- When the ship was brought into dry dock, it was found that she had underwater damage.From the entry underwater
- We bid our final adieus to our family, then boarded the ship, bound for America.From the entry adieu
- Admirably, he went down with his ship after the surviving crew got away in lifeboats.From the entry admirably
- The captain is the last man to leave a sinking ship.From the entry captain
- We could see the ship at a range of five miles.From the entry range
- The docks, which once harbored tall ships, now harbor only petty thieves.From the entry harbor
- The docks, which once harboured tall ships, now harbour only petty thieves.From the entry harbour
- An officer is attached to a certain regiment, company, or ship.From the entry attach
- A ship should be documented according to the directions of law.From the entry document
- The cargo was shipped across the ocean on a large freighter.From the entry freighter
- There was a miniature of a whaling ship in a glass bottle over the mantelpiece.From the entry miniature
- If the ship takes on any more water, it’ll be goodnight Vienna for us all.From the entry goodnight Vienna
- The captain ordered the immediate jettison of the heavy cargo to save the sinking ship.From the entry jettison
- If one ship is following another, the first is astern of the second.From the entry astern
- They could see that the ship was waiting in the offing.From the entry in the offing
- The ship endured an interminable layup in the harbor lasting nearly a month.From the entry layup
- Sailing around the Horn was an arduous journey for sailing ships.From the entry horn
- The ship ran aground and had to be towed back out to sea.From the entry run aground
Meaning of ship
- noun A water-borne vessel generally larger than a boat.
- noun A vessel which travels through any medium other than across land, such as an airship or spaceship.
- noun A spaceship.
Questions about ship in a sentence
- How do you use ship in a sentence?
- Ship is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Our next issue ships early next year.”
- What is a short sentence with ship?
- “to ship seamen”
- What does ship mean?
- Ship means a water-borne vessel generally larger than a boat.
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