ship

Noun
  1. A vessel that carries passengers or freight (synset 104201332)
    associated with:
    • lurch, pitch, pitching - abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance)
    • auxiliary boiler, donkey boiler - (nautical) an extra boiler (as a ship's boiler that is used while the ship is in port)
    • auxiliary engine, donkey engine - (nautical) a small engine (as one used on board ships to operate a windlass)
    • belaying pin - a wood or metal bar to which a rope can be secured (as on a ship or in mountain climbing)
    • bitt, bollard - a strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines)
    • brig - a penal institution (especially on board a ship)
    • engine room, engineering - a room (as on a ship) in which the engine is located
    • funnel - (nautical) smokestack consisting of a shaft for ventilation or the passage of smoke (especially the smokestack of a ship)
    • magnetic mine - (nautical) a marine mine that is detonated by a mechanism that responds to magnetic material (as the steel hull of a ship)
    • planking - (nautical) a covering or flooring constructed of planks (as on a ship)
    • embrasure, port, porthole - an opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through
    • sick berth, sickbay - (nautical) a room for the treatment of the sick or injured (as on a ship)
    • beam - (nautical) breadth amidships
    • log - a written record of events on a voyage (of a ship or plane)
    • destabilization - an event that causes a loss of equilibrium (as of a ship or aircraft)
    • foundering, going under - (of a ship) sinking
    • harborage, harbourage - (nautical) a place of refuge (as for a ship)
    • messmate - (nautical) an associate with whom you share meals in the same mess (as on a ship)
    • drift - the gradual departure from an intended course due to external influences (as a ship or plane)
    • leeway - (of a ship or plane) sideways drift
    • trim - adjust (sails on a ship) so that the wind is optimally used
    • carvel-built - (of ships) built with flush (rather than overlapping) hull planks
    • clincher-built, clinker-built, lap-strake, lap-straked, lap-streak, lap-streaked - having overlapping hull planks
    • broken-backed, hogged - (of a ship) so weakened as to sag at each end
    • astern - (of a ship or an airplane) behind
    is a type of: vessel, watercraft - a craft designed for water transportation
    subtypes:
    specific instances:
    • bounty, h.m.s. bounty - 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
    • mayflower - the ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from England to Massachusetts in 1620
    belongs to: fleet - a group of steamships operating together under the same ownership
    has:
    • bay - a compartment on a ship between decks; often used as a hospital
    • bilge pump - a pump to remove bilgewater
    • bilge well - (nautical) a well where seepage drains to be pumped away
    • bulkhead - a partition that divides a ship or plane into compartments
    • bulwark - a fencelike structure around a deck (usually plural)
    • cargo area, cargo deck, cargo hold, hold, storage area - the space in a ship or aircraft for storing cargo
    • crow's nest - platform for a lookout at or near the top of a mast
    • davit - a crane-like device (usually one of a pair) for suspending or lowering equipment (as a lifeboat)
    • deck - any of various platforms built into a vessel
    • fin - a stabilizer on a ship that resembles the fin of a fish
    • fo'c'sle, forecastle - living quarters consisting of a superstructure in the bow of a merchant ship where the crew is housed
    • funnel - (nautical) smokestack consisting of a shaft for ventilation or the passage of smoke (especially the smokestack of a ship)
    • caboose, cookhouse, galley, ship's galley - the area for food preparation on a ship
    • gyrostabiliser, gyrostabilizer - a stabilizer consisting of a heavy gyroscope that spins on a vertical axis; reduces side-to-side rolling of a ship or plane
    • helm - steering mechanism for a vessel; a mechanical device by which a vessel is steered
    • log - 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
    • lubber's hole - hole in a platform on a mast through which a sailor can climb without going out on the shrouds
    • porthole - a window in a ship or airplane
    • ratlin, ratline - (nautical) a small horizontal rope between the shrouds of a sailing ship; they form a ladder for climbing aloft
    • ridge rope - either of a pair of lifelines running alongside the bowsprit of a ship
    • riding bitt - one of the large bitts used to secure the cable of a dropped anchor
    • screw, screw propeller - a propeller with several angled blades that rotates to push against water or air
    • drogue, sea anchor - restraint consisting of a canvas covered frame that floats behind a vessel; prevents drifting or maintains the heading into a wind
    • mainsheet, sheet, shroud, tack, weather sheet - (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
    • frame, skeletal frame, skeleton, underframe - the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape
    • spar - a stout rounded pole of wood or metal used to support rigging
    • after part, poop, quarter, stern, tail - the rear part of a ship
    • superstructure - structure consisting of the part of a ship above the main deck
    • top - platform surrounding the head of a lower mast
    • topside - (usually plural) weather deck; the part of a ship's hull that is above the waterline
    • winch, windlass - lifting device consisting of a horizontal cylinder turned by a crank on which a cable or rope winds
Verb
  1. Transport commercially (synset 201954657)
    is a type of: displace, move - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
    subtypes:
    same as: send, transport
  2. Hire for work on a ship (synset 202414968)
    is a type of: employ, engage, hire - engage or hire for work
  3. Go on board (synset 201983476)
    is a type of: board, get on - get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.)
    subtypes: emplane, enplane - board a plane
    same as: embark
  4. Travel by ship (synset 201851524)
    is a type of: journey, travel - travel upon or across
  5. Place on board a ship (synset 201499617)
    "ship the cargo in the hold of the vessel"
    is a type of: lay, place, pose, position, put, set - put into a certain place or abstract location
    subtypes: reship - place on a ship again or transfer to another ship

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