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
The pair of them, too, had false quarter-pieces to ship and unship for disguise, and each was provided with movable boards painted with the other's name, to cover up her own.
From Merry-Garden and Other Stories by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
To remove any piece of timber from its situation in which it is generally used, as "unship the oars," lay them in the boat from the rowlocks; "unship the capstan bars," &c.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Sir Edward Belcher
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
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
Minnetonka docked in Manhattan, unshipped 46 mounts for the Englishmen, escorted by Col.
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
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
Captain Poke lost no time in unshipping the skids; and a smacking breeze, that was well saturated with steam, springing up from the westward, we made sail.
From The Monikins by James Fenimore Cooper
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