'Shipping' definitions:
Definition of 'shipping'
(from WordNet)
noun
The commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials [syn: transportation, shipping, transport]
noun
Conveyance provided by the ships belonging to one country or industry [syn: shipping, cargo ships, merchant marine, merchant vessels]
Definition of 'Shipping'
From: GCIDE
- Ship \Ship\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shipped; p. pr. & vb. n. Shipping.]
- 1. To put on board of a ship, or vessel of any kind, for transportation; to send by water. [1913 Webster]
- The timber was . . . shipped in the bay of Attalia, from whence it was by sea transported to Pelusium. --Knolles. [1913 Webster]
- 2. By extension, in commercial usage, to commit to any conveyance for transportation to a distance; as, to ship freight by railroad. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Hence, to send away; to get rid of. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
- 4. To engage or secure for service on board of a ship; as, to ship seamen. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To receive on board ship; as, to ship a sea. [1913 Webster]
- 6. To put in its place; as, to ship the tiller or rudder. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Shipping'
From: GCIDE
- Shipping \Ship"ping\, a.
- 1. Relating to ships, their ownership, transfer, or employment; as, shiping concerns. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Relating to, or concerned in, the forwarding of goods; as, a shipping clerk. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Shipping'
From: GCIDE
- Shipping \Ship"ping\, n.
- 1. The act of one who, or of that which, ships; as, the shipping of flour to Liverpool. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The collective body of ships in one place, or belonging to one port, country, etc.; vessels, generally; tonnage. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Navigation. "God send 'em good shipping." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Shipping articles, articles of agreement between the captain of a vessel and the seamen on board, in respect to the amount of wages, length of time for which they are shipping, etc. --Bouvier.
- To take shipping, to embark; to take ship. [Obs.] --John vi. 24. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'shipping'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- air express,
- airfreight,
- airlift,
- argosy,
- asportation,
- bearing,
- bottoms,
- carriage,
- carry,
- carrying,
- cartage,
- conveyance,
- drayage,
- expressage,
- ferriage,
- fleet,
- flotilla,
- freight,
- freightage,
- haulage,
- hauling,
- lighterage,
- line,
- lugging,
- merchant fleet,
- merchant navy,
- navy,
- packing,
- portage,
- porterage,
- railway express,
- shipment,
- ships,
- telpherage,
- tonnage,
- toting,
- transport,
- transportation,
- transshipment,
- truckage,
- waft,
- waftage,
- wagonage,
- whaling fleet
Words containing 'Shipping'
- -ship,
- Ship,
- Shipful,
- Shipfuls,
- Shipped,
- about ship,
- ships,
- A ship's caliber,
- A ship's husband,
- Armed ship,
- Bends of a ship,
- Cartel ship,
- Composite ship,
- Eye of a ship,
- Fire ship,
- Free ships,
- General ship,
- Guard ship,
- Hospital ship,
- Merchant ship,
- Packet ship,
- Phantom ship,
- Prison ship,
- Receiving ship,
- Ship Bottom,
- Ship biscuit,
- Ship boy,
- Ship breaker,
- Ship broker,
- Ship canal,
- Ship carpenter,
- Ship chandler,
- Ship chandlery,
- Ship fever,
- Ship in ballast,
- Ship joiner,
- Ship letter,
- Ship money,
- Ship of the line,
- Ship pendulum,
- Ship railway,
- Ship's clock,
- Ship's company,
- Ship's corporal,
- Ship's days,
- Ship's husband,
- Ship's papers,
- Shipping articles,
- Shipping note,
- Slave ship,
- Tank ship,
- Thwart ships,
- To cheer ship,
- To dress a ship,
- To ease a ship,
- To heave a ship down,
- To heave a ship to,
- To make ship,
- To rig a ship,
- To speak a ship,
- To take shipping,
- To wind a ship,
- Training ship,
- Turret ship,
- Twin ship,
- abandoned ship,
- capital ship,
- cargo ship,
- cargo ships,
- clipper ship,
- combat ship,
- container ship,
- cruise ship,
- dress ship,
- factory ship,
- liberty ship,
- passenger ship,
- patrol ship,
- picket ship,
- pirate ship,
- sailing ship,
- school ship,
- ship bread,
- ship builder,
- ship building,
- ship route,
- ship's bell,
- ship's boat,
- ship's chandler,
- ship's galley,
- ship's officer,
- shipping agent,
- shipping clerk,
- shipping company,
- shipping fever,
- shipping office,
- shipping pneumonia,
- shipping room,
- sister ship,
- small ship,
- supply ship,
- surface ship,
- transport ship,
- treasure ship,
- wear ship,
- weather ship,
- whaling ship,
- Burgess-ship,
- Gauger-ship,
- Hostess-ship,
- Light-ship,
- Line of battle ship,
- Lode-ship,
- Log-ship,
- Ship Bottom, NJ,
- Ship-rigged,
- To clear a ship at the customhouse,
- To clear a ship for action,
- To heave a ship ahead,
- air-ship,
- ship-breaker,
- High-churchman-ship,
- gas-turbine ship,
- nuclear-powered ship,
- ship-towed long-range acoustic detection system