1. ship - Noun
2. ship - Verb
Pay; reward.
Any large seagoing vessel.
Specifically, a vessel furnished with a bowsprit and three masts (a mainmast, a foremast, and a mizzenmast), each of which is composed of a lower mast, a topmast, and a topgallant mast, and square-rigged on all masts. See Illustation in Appendix.
A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense.
To put on board of a ship, or vessel of any kind, for transportation; to send by water.
By extension, in commercial usage, to commit to any conveyance for transportation to a distance; as, to ship freight by railroad.
Hence, to send away; to get rid of.
To engage or secure for service on board of a ship; as, to ship seamen.
To receive on board ship; as, to ship a sea.
To put in its place; as, to ship the tiller or rudder.
To engage to serve on board of a vessel; as, to ship on a man-of-war.
To embark on a ship.
Source: Webster's dictionaryA ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are built for. Grace Hopper
The ship of Democracy, which has weathered all storms, may sink through the mutiny of those aboard. Grover Cleveland
We need to learn to set our course by the stars, not by the light of every passing ship. Omar Bradley
A small leak will sink a great ship. English Proverb
Better to lose the anchor than the whole ship. Dutch Proverb
All sails do not suit every ship. Icelandic Proverb