ship
English Thesaurus
1. a vessel that carries passengers or freight (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | vessel, watercraft, |
| definition | : | a craft designed for water transportation (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | blockade-runner, |
| definition | : | a ship that runs through or around a naval blockade (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | flagship, |
| definition | : | the ship that carries the commander of a fleet and flies his flag (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | gas-turbine ship, |
| definition | : | a ship powered by a gas turbine (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | hospital ship, |
| definition | : | a ship built to serve as a hospital; used for wounded in wartime (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | hulk, |
| definition | : | a ship that has been wrecked and abandoned (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | iceboat, icebreaker, |
| definition | : | a ship with a reinforced bow to break up ice and keep channels open for navigation (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | lightship, |
| definition | : | a ship equipped like a lighthouse and anchored where a permanent lighthouse would be impracticable (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | minelayer, |
| definition | : | ship equipped for laying marine mines (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | minesweeper, |
| definition | : | ship equipped to detect and then destroy or neutralize or remove marine mines (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | nuclear-powered ship, |
| definition | : | ship whose motive power comes from the energy of a nuclear reactor (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | passenger ship, |
| definition | : | a ship built to carry passengers (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | pirate, pirate ship, |
| definition | : | a ship that is manned by pirates (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | shipwreck, |
| definition | : | a wrecked ship (or a part of one) (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | sister ship, |
| definition | : | a ship that is one of two or more similar ships built at the same time (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | slave ship, |
| definition | : | a ship used to transport slaves from their homes to places of bondage (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | small ship, |
| definition | : | a ship that is small (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | steamer, steamship, |
| definition | : | a ship powered by one or more steam engines (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | supply ship, tender, |
| definition | : | ship that usually provides supplies to other ships (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | three-decker, |
| definition | : | any ship having three decks (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | transport ship, |
| definition | : | a ship for carrying soldiers or military equipment (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | treasure ship, |
| definition | : | a 16th-century ship loaded with treasure (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | troopship, |
| definition | : | ship for transporting troops (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | wreck, |
| definition | : | a ship that has been destroyed at sea (noun.artifact) |
| instance hyponym | : | bounty, h.m.s. bounty, |
| definition | : | a ship of the British navy; in 1789 part of the crew mutinied against their commander William Bligh and set him afloat in an open boat (noun.artifact) |
| instance hyponym | : | mayflower, |
| definition | : | the ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from England to Massachusetts in 1620 (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | bay, |
| definition | : | a compartment on a ship between decks; often used as a hospital (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | bilge pump, |
| definition | : | a pump to remove bilgewater (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | bilge well, |
| definition | : | (nautical) a well where seepage drains to be pumped away (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | bulkhead, |
| definition | : | a partition that divides a ship or plane into compartments (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | bulwark, |
| definition | : | a fencelike structure around a deck (usually plural) (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | crow's nest, |
| definition | : | platform for a lookout at or near the top of a mast (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | davit, |
| definition | : | a crane-like device (usually one of a pair) for suspending or lowering equipment (as a lifeboat) (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | deck, |
| definition | : | any of various platforms built into a vessel (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | fin, |
| definition | : | a stabilizer on a ship that resembles the fin of a fish (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | fo'c'sle, forecastle, |
| definition | : | living quarters consisting of a superstructure in the bow of a merchant ship where the crew is housed (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | funnel, |
| definition | : | (nautical) smokestack consisting of a shaft for ventilation or the passage of smoke (especially the smokestack of a ship) (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | gyrostabiliser, gyrostabilizer, |
| definition | : | a stabilizer consisting of a heavy gyroscope that spins on a vertical axis; reduces side-to-side rolling of a ship or plane (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | helm, |
| definition | : | steering mechanism for a vessel; a mechanical device by which a vessel is steered (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | log, |
| definition | : | measuring instrument that consists of a float that trails from a ship by a knotted line in order to measure the ship's speed through the water (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | lubber's hole, |
| definition | : | hole in a platform on a mast through which a sailor can climb without going out on the shrouds (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | porthole, |
| definition | : | a window in a ship or airplane (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | ratlin, ratline, |
| definition | : | (nautical) a small horizontal rope between the shrouds of a sailing ship; they form a ladder for climbing aloft (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | ridge rope, |
| definition | : | either of a pair of lifelines running alongside the bowsprit of a ship (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | riding bitt, |
| definition | : | one of the large bitts used to secure the cable of a dropped anchor (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | screw, screw propeller, |
| definition | : | a propeller with several angled blades that rotates to push against water or air (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | drogue, sea anchor, |
| definition | : | restraint consisting of a canvas covered frame that floats behind a vessel; prevents drifting or maintains the heading into a wind (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | mainsheet, sheet, shroud, tack, weather sheet, |
| definition | : | (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | spar, |
| definition | : | a stout rounded pole of wood or metal used to support rigging (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | superstructure, |
| definition | : | structure consisting of the part of a ship above the main deck (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | top, |
| definition | : | platform surrounding the head of a lower mast (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | topside, |
| definition | : | (usually plural) weather deck; the part of a ship's hull that is above the waterline (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | winch, windlass, |
| definition | : | lifting device consisting of a horizontal cylinder turned by a crank on which a cable or rope winds (noun.artifact) |
| member meronym | : | fleet, |
| definition | : | a group of steamships operating together under the same ownership (noun.group) |
| domain member category | : | lurch, pitch, pitching, |
| definition | : | abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance) (noun.act) |
| domain member category | : | auxiliary boiler, donkey boiler, |
| definition | : | (nautical) an extra boiler (as a ship's boiler that is used while the ship is in port) (noun.artifact) |
| domain member category | : | auxiliary engine, donkey engine, |
| definition | : | (nautical) a small engine (as one used on board ships to operate a windlass) (noun.artifact) |
| domain member category | : | belaying pin, |
| definition | : | a wood or metal bar to which a rope can be secured (as on a ship or in mountain climbing) (noun.artifact) |
| domain member category | : | bitt, bollard, |
| definition | : | a strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines) (noun.artifact) |
| domain member category | : | brig, |
| definition | : | a penal institution (especially on board a ship) (noun.artifact) |
| domain member category | : | engine room, engineering, |
| definition | : | a room (as on a ship) in which the engine is located (noun.artifact) |
| domain member category | : | funnel, |
| definition | : | (nautical) smokestack consisting of a shaft for ventilation or the passage of smoke (especially the smokestack of a ship) (noun.artifact) |
| domain member category | : | magnetic mine, |
| definition | : | (nautical) a marine mine that is detonated by a mechanism that responds to magnetic material (as the steel hull of a ship) (noun.artifact) |
| domain member category | : | planking, |
| definition | : | (nautical) a covering or flooring constructed of planks (as on a ship) (noun.artifact) |
| domain member category | : | embrasure, port, porthole, |
| definition | : | an opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through (noun.artifact) |
| domain member category | : | sick berth, sickbay, |
| definition | : | (nautical) a room for the treatment of the sick or injured (as on a ship) (noun.artifact) |
| domain member category | : | beam, |
| definition | : | (nautical) breadth amidships (noun.attribute) |
| domain member category | : | log, |
| definition | : | a written record of events on a voyage (of a ship or plane) (noun.communication) |
| domain member category | : | destabilization, |
| definition | : | an event that causes a loss of equilibrium (as of a ship or aircraft) (noun.event) |
| domain member category | : | harborage, harbourage, |
| definition | : | (nautical) a place of refuge (as for a ship) (noun.location) |
| domain member category | : | messmate, |
| definition | : | (nautical) an associate with whom you share meals in the same mess (as on a ship) (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | drift, |
| definition | : | the gradual departure from an intended course due to external influences (as a ship or plane) (noun.process) |
| domain member category | : | leeway, |
| definition | : | (of a ship or plane) sideways drift (noun.process) |
| domain member category | : | trim, |
| definition | : | adjust (sails on a ship) so that the wind is optimally used (verb.change) |
| domain member category | : | carvel-built, |
| definition | : | (of ships) built with flush (rather than overlapping) hull planks (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | broken-backed, hogged, |
| definition | : | (of a ship) so weakened as to sag at each end (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | astern, |
| definition | : | (of a ship or an airplane) behind (adv.all) |
2. place on board a ship (verb.contact)
| hyponym | : | reship, |
| definition | : | place on a ship again or transfer to another ship (verb.contact) |
3. travel by ship (verb.motion)
| hypernym | : | journey, travel, |
| definition | : | travel upon or across (verb.motion) |
4. transport commercially (verb.motion)
| hypernym | : | displace, move, |
| definition | : | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense (verb.motion) |
| hyponym | : | barge, |
| definition | : | transport by barge on a body of water (verb.motion) |
| hyponym | : | railroad, |
| definition | : | transport by railroad (verb.motion) |
| hyponym | : | forward, send on, |
| definition | : | send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit (verb.motion) |
5. go on board (verb.motion)
| hypernym | : | board, get on, |
| definition | : | get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.) (verb.motion) |
6. hire for work on a ship (verb.social)
7. a vessel that carries passengers or freight (noun.artifact)
| derivation | : | ship, |
| definition | : | place on board a ship (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | ship, |
| definition | : | travel by ship (verb.motion) |
| derivation | : | embark, ship, |
| definition | : | go on board (verb.motion) |
| derivation | : | ship, |
| definition | : | hire for work on a ship (verb.social) |
8. place on board a ship (verb.contact)
| derivation | : | ship, ship, |
| definition | : | a vessel that carries passengers or freight (noun.artifact) |
9. transport commercially (verb.motion)
| also | : | forward, send on, |
| definition | : | send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit (verb.motion) |
| derivation | : | shipper, |
| definition | : | a company in the business of shipping freight (noun.group) |
| derivation | : | shipper, |
| definition | : | someone who ships goods (noun.person) |
10. go on board (verb.motion)
| derivation | : | ship, ship, |
| definition | : | a vessel that carries passengers or freight (noun.artifact) |
11. a vessel that carries passengers or freight (noun.artifact)
| derivation | : | ship, |
| definition | : | place on board a ship (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | ship, |
| definition | : | travel by ship (verb.motion) |
| derivation | : | embark, ship, |
| definition | : | go on board (verb.motion) |
| derivation | : | ship, |
| definition | : | hire for work on a ship (verb.social) |
12. place on board a ship (verb.contact)
| derivation | : | ship, ship, |
| definition | : | a vessel that carries passengers or freight (noun.artifact) |
13. transport commercially (verb.motion)
| also | : | forward, send on, |
| definition | : | send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit (verb.motion) |
| derivation | : | shipper, |
| definition | : | a company in the business of shipping freight (noun.group) |
| derivation | : | shipper, |
| definition | : | someone who ships goods (noun.person) |
14. go on board (verb.motion)
| derivation | : | ship, ship, |
| definition | : | a vessel that carries passengers or freight (noun.artifact) |
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