to ship off
1ship off — ˌship ˈoff [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they ship off he/she/it ships off present participle shipping off past tense …
2ship off to (somewhere) — ship (someone/something) off to (somewhere) to send someone or something to a place. When Pauline was twelve, her father shipped her off to relatives in Baltimore. The kids were arrested, convicted, and shipped off to reform school. Students… …
3ship off — v. (D; tr.) to ship off to (they shipped their children off to camp) * * * [ ʃɪp ɒf] (D; tr.) to ship off to (they ship offped their children off to camp) …
4ship off — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms ship off : present tense I/you/we/they ship off he/she/it ships off present participle shipping off past tense shipped off past participle shipped off informal to send someone somewhere, usually when they do… …
5ship off — send away, launch (via a watercraft) …
6ship someone off to (somewhere) — ship (someone/something) off to (somewhere) to send someone or something to a place. When Pauline was twelve, her father shipped her off to relatives in Baltimore. The kids were arrested, convicted, and shipped off to reform school. Students… …
7ship something off to (somewhere) — ship (someone/something) off to (somewhere) to send someone or something to a place. When Pauline was twelve, her father shipped her off to relatives in Baltimore. The kids were arrested, convicted, and shipped off to reform school. Students… …
8ship — ship1 [ ʃıp ] noun count *** a very large boat used for carrying people or goods long distances: His ship sailed from Pearl Harbor on Monday. a cargo/cruise/supply ship on board/aboard ship: There were over 350 passengers aboard the ship. a.… …
9ship — n. & v. n. 1 a any large seagoing vessel (cf. BOAT). b a sailing vessel with a bowsprit and three, four, or five square rigged masts. 2 US an aircraft. 3 a spaceship. 4 colloq. a boat, esp. a racing boat. v. (shipped, shipping) 1 tr. put, take,… …
10ship — I UK [ʃɪp] / US noun [countable] Word forms ship : singular ship plural ships *** a) a very large boat used for carrying people or goods long distances His ship sailed from Pearl Harbor on Monday. a cargo/cruise/supply ship on board/aboard ship:… …
