unships
unships is the third-person singular simple present indicative of unship.
Meaning of unship
Verb
unship (third-person singular simple present unships, present participle unshipping, simple past and past participle unshipped)
- To unload cargo from a ship or other vessel.
- To remove (an oar, a mast, etc.) from its normal position.
- Dan sluiced the pen energetically, unshipped the table, set it up to dry in the moonlight, ran the red knife-blades through a wad of oakum, and began to sharpen them on a tiny grindstone […]1897, Rudyard Kipling, Captains Courageous
- To throw from a horse; to unseat.
- Ben hired a nag, but 'twould stumble of course, / And by falling endanger poor Ben, / Aye, and over her bows, sir, this crazy old horse / Would unship, and unship him again.1823 February 8, L. O., “Ballast”, in The Mirror, number XV, page 240
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- Unships is the third-person singular simple present indicative of unship.
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