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
No; but they would not undertake the work unless they had some belief in the idea, and if the propeller proves useless, we can at the worst unship it.
From In Search of the Okapi A Story of Adventure in Central Africa by Glanville, Ernest
You may unship the rudder, Brown-Eyes, You had better leave the boat to Neal and me to bring up to the cave.
From The Northern Iron by Birmingham, George A.
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