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
There was no wind to yank me about before I could unship the parachute, and within seconds I was on my feet and searching for some sign of Enoch Wetzel.
From Call Him Savage by Pollard, John
If you are so fortunate as to possess a racing-sail and spars, unship the old ones and ship the racing-spars and sail.
From Harper's Round Table, September 3, 1895 by Various
Hold fast the long-gun, there; and unship the starboard ports.
From The Pirate by Marryat, Frederick
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