shipped Definition

ship
noun

1. A large engine-propelled vessel, intended for sea travel.

Thesaurus: boat, bark, steamer, tanker, trawler, yacht.
2. A large sailing vessel, especially a three-masted, square-rigged sailing vessel.
3. A racing-boat.
4. Any craft that floats on water.
5. A ship's crew.
6. colloq
A spaceship or airship.

verb shipped, shipping

1. To send or transport by ship.
2. To send or transport by land or air.
3. naut.
Said of a boat: to take in (water, eg waves) over the side.
intr
4. To embark.
5. naut.
To bring on board a boat or ship.
Example: ship oars
6. To fix an object in position.
7. To engage for service on board ship.

Idiom: when one's ship comes in (when one's ship comes home)

When one becomes rich.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon scip.

Phrasal Verb: ship someone off

To send them away; to dispatch.
Example: They shipped the kids off to their grandparents