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• ship — 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,… …   Useful english dictionary

• ship — ship1 W2S2 [ʃıp] n [: Old English; Origin: scip] 1.) a large boat used for carrying people or goods across the sea ▪ the ship s captain ▪ a luxury cruise ship by ship ▪ supplies that came by ship 2.) a large spacecraft → …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• ship — {{11}}ship (n.) O.E. scip ship, boat, from P.Gmc. *skipam (Cf. O.N., O.S., Goth. skip, Dan. skib, Swed. skepp, M.Du. scip, Du. schip, O.H.G. skif, Ger. Schiff), Germanic noun of obscure origin [Watkins]. Others suggest perhaps originally tree cut …   Etymology dictionary

• boat — au·to·boat; boat·a·ble; boat·age; boat; boat·er; boat·less; boat·man; boat·man·ship; boat·steerer; boat·stone; boat·swain; boat·yard; bum·boat; cock·boat; falt·boat; flat·boat·man; fly·boat; keel·boat·man; life·boat·man; riv·er·boat·man;… …   English syllables

• Boat building — Boat building, one of the oldest branches of engineering, is concerned with constructing the hulls of boats and, for sailboats, the masts, spars and rigging.Parts* Bow the front and generally sharp end of the hull. It is designed to reduce the… …   Wikipedia

• boat — boat, vessel, ship, craft are comparable when they denote a floating structure designed to carry persons or goods over water. Boat is sometimes used as a general designation of such a structure but more specifically it is applicable to a small,… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• boat - ship — ◊ boat A boat is a small vessel for travelling on water, especially one that carries only a few people. John took me down the river in the old boat. ...a fishing boat. ◊ ship A larger vessel is usually referred to as a ship …   Useful english dictionary

• Ship Island (Mississippi) — Ship Island is the collective name for two barrier islands off the Gulf Coast of Mississippi, part of Gulf Islands National Seashore: East Ship Island and West Ship Island. Hurricane Camille split the once single island into 2 separate islands in …   Wikipedia

• Ship Simulator 2006 — Разработчик VSTEP Издатель Lighthouse Interactive Дата выпуска 15 июня 2006 года Жанр симулятор корабля Платформа Microsoft Windows NT …   Википедия

• Ship Simulator — 2006 Разработчик VSTEP Издатель Lighthouse Interactive Дата выпуска 15 июня 2006 года Платформа Windows NT Жанр симулятор корабля …   Википедия