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shipping

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1. shipping - Noun

2. shipping - Adjective

3. shipping - Verb

Derived from ship

Meaning

of Ship

Relating to ships, their ownership, transfer, or employment; as, shiping concerns.

Relating to, or concerned in, the forwarding of goods; as, a shipping clerk.

The act of one who, or of that which, ships; as, the shipping of flour to Liverpool.

The collective body of ships in one place, or belonging to one port, country, etc.; vessels, generally; tonnage.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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The sea from Dunkirk to Dover during these days of the evacuation looked like any coastal road in England on a bank holiday. It was solid with shipping. Douglas Bader

My friend Anderson Cooper is the scion of one of America's great shipping and railroad families, the Vanderbilts. Kathy Griffin

You don't know my father. He'll laugh in your face and offer you some money to mail my body back to Idris." "Don't be absurd-" "You're right. Coming to think of it, he'll probably make you pay for the shipping charges yourself. Cassandra Clare

Q: Will Fall Out Boy ever become Fall Out Man? A: The chest hair is in the mail. So hopefully we will in four to six weeks. depending on shipping. Peter Wentz

Since Europe is dependent on imports of energy and most of its raw materials, it can be subdued, if not quite conquered, without all those nuclear weapons the Soviets have aimed at it simply through the shipping routes and raw materials they control. Barbara Amiel

Yes; my brother Bobby used to distribute records at King Records. I had a job there, too, packing records up and shipping them off. But I always wanted to play sessions at Stax, so I figured out a way to do it. Donald Dunn

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