unship
Americanverb (used with object)
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to put or take off from a ship, as persons or goods.
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to remove from the place proper for its use, as an oar or tiller.
verb (used without object)
verb
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to be or cause to be unloaded, discharged, or disembarked from a ship
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(tr) nautical to remove from a regular place
to unship oars
Etymology
Origin of unship
Example Sentences
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I don’t think we’re going to unship IGTV, though.
From The Verge ● Jan. 19, 2021
And orders were to unship all old ammunition, take aboard new.
From Time Magazine Archive
Just now—as soon as we get to a spot where it seems likely to be comfortable, we're going to unship a couple of pup-tents from the back of the car, and sleep out here.
From I've Married Marjorie by Margaret Widdemer
Thereafter bade he the crew unship the tilts and row up the fjord, and the King commanded that the other ships should row after them.
From The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald The Tyrant (Harald Haardraade) by Ethel Harriet Hearn
“See anything yet?” said my uncle, as he helped Cross to push the boat along, pulling the boughs aside, which forced him to lower the sail and unship the mast.
From Through Forest and Stream The Quest of the Quetzal by George Manville Fenn
When will Iran run out of space to store its unshipped oil?
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026
Burr asked Martin, with a smirk suggesting he had just unshipped a “gotcha.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2025
Only if McCoy is somehow unshipped in the early stages of today's race would Nicholls consider giving the horse another run next month, and even then he would much rather prepare him at home.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 15, 2011
As fast as the cars arrived, the railroads routed them to prairie lines, where more than a billion bushels of corn and wheat from last year's harvest lay unshipped.
From Time Magazine Archive
The ship now drifting under the island lee, Telemakhos’ companions took in sail and mast, unshipped the oars and rowed ashore.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
As I’ve talked to you and other folks at Instagram before, there’s a lot of pride in unshipping features and keeping the app lean.
From The Verge ● Jan. 19, 2021
Victory went to Fuisse, who had delayed the start of the race by 15 minutes when twice unshipping his jockey Stéphane Pasquier in the preliminaries and running loose.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 5, 2010
Almost killed when his radical Paula III overturned in 1933, unshipping her mast and smashing her hull down on him, Starke Meyer returned to racing, continued his experimental Paula series through 1935.
From Time Magazine Archive
A little before daylight a tremendous sea struck her stern, unshipping the rudder, carrying away the wheel, round-house and lockers, rendering her unmanageable, and she was tossed helplessly like a log upon the mighty billows.
From Vellenaux A Novel by E. W. (Edmund William) Forrest
It was discovered that the latter was damaged, but there was no possibility of unshipping it for repairs while the ice was moving.
From The Romance of Polar Exploration Interesting Descriptions of Arctic and Antarctic Adventure from the Earliest Time to the Voyage of the ?Discovery? by G. Firth Scott
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