{
    "term": "ship",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "image": "data/images/ve/vehicles_boats_ships_2.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a large boat that carries people or goods by sea",
            "sensetop": "on a shipaboard a shipby ship",
            "labels": "(British English)(North American English)(British English)(especially British English)(both British English)(especially British English)(especially North American English)(both British English)(British English)(North American English also)(especially British English)(especially North American English)(especially British English)(especially North American English)",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The yard **builds ships** for the Navy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The others sailed on a later ship.",
                    "contextForm": "on a ship"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The goods had been loaded aboard a ship destined for Montreal.",
                    "contextForm": "aboard a ship"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There are two restaurants **on board ship**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **cargo/cruise/merchant ship**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **Navy ship**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **ship’s company** *(= the crew of a ship)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a ship’s captain/crew/officers"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Raw materials and labour come by ship, rail or road.",
                    "contextForm": "by ship"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The captain gave the order to **abandon ship** *(= to leave the ship because it was sinking)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a fleet of ships"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They boarded a ship bound for India."
                },
                {
                    "text": "When the ship docked at Southampton he was rushed to hospital."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The dockers were loading the cargo onto the ship."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Their ship lay at anchor in the bay."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The ship is now permanently moored in Buenos Aires."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a ship carrying more than a thousand people"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a container ship"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The captain went down with his ship."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The crew was rescued by a passing ship."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Transport by water"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["cruise", "sailing", "cargo"],
                "… of ships": ["fleet"],
                "verb + ship": ["board", "come aboard", "come on board"],
                "ship + verb": ["carry somebody/​something", "arrive", "dock"],
                "preposition": [
                    "aboard a/​the ship",
                    "on a/​the ship",
                    "on board a/​the ship"
                ],
                "phrases": [
                    "the bow of a ship",
                    "the deck of a ship",
                    "the stern of a ship"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to talk about people who leave an organization, a company, etc. that is having difficulties, without caring about the people who are left",
            "labels": "(humorous, disapproving)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to leave the ship on which you are serving, without permission",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Transport by water"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to leave an organization that you belong to, suddenly and unexpectedly",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to organize something in a very efficient way, controlling other people very closely",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to cause something good to fail because you did not spend a small but necessary amount of money or time on a small but essential part of it",
            "labels": "(saying)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ʃɪp/",
                "audio": "sh/ship/ship__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ʃɪp/",
                "audio": "sh/ship/ship__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English scip (noun), late Old English scipian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schip and German Schiff."
}