shipping

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
shipping/ˈʃɪpɪŋ/

▶noun

• 1 ships collectively.

• 2 the transport of goods by sea or other means.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ship/ʃɪp/

▶noun

• 1 a large seagoing boat.

  ■ a sailing vessel with a bowsprit and three or more square-rigged masts.

• 2 a spaceship.

• 3 N. Amer. an aircraft.

▶verb (ships, shipping, shipped)

• 1 transport on a ship.

  ■ transport by other means.

  ■ dated embark on a ship.

  ■ (of a sailor) take service on a ship.

• 2 (of a boat) take in (water) over the side.

• 3 take (oars) from the rowlocks and lay them inside a boat.

  ■ fix (a rudder, mast, etc.) in place on a ship.

• 4 make (a product) available for purchase.

– phrases
a sinking ship a failing organization or endeavour.
take ship set off on a voyage by ship.
when one's ship comes in (or home) when one's fortune is made.

– derivatives
shipless adjective,
shipload noun,
shippable adjective,
shipper noun.

– origin OE scip (n.), late OE scipian (v.), of Gmc origin.