- to be or cause to be unloaded, discharged, or disembarked from a ship
- (transitive) to remove from a regular place: to unship oars
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
un•ship
(un ship′),USA pronunciation v., -shipped, -ship•ping.
v.t.
v.i.
v.t.
- Nauticalto put or take off from a ship, as persons or goods.
- Nauticalto remove from the place proper for its use, as an oar or tiller.
v.i.
- Nauticalto become unloaded or removed.
- 1400–50; late Middle English unshippen; see un-2, ship
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unship /ʌnˈʃɪp/ vb ( -ships, -shipping, -shipped)
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