Norway Definition–noun | Norwegian, Norge. a kingdom in N Europe, in the W part of the Scandinavian Peninsula. 4,404,456; 124,555 sq. mi. (322,597 sq. km). Capital: Oslo. | |
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Ship Definition–noun | 1. | a vessel, esp. a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines. | | 2. | Nautical. | a. | a sailing vessel square-rigged on all of three or more masts, having jibs, staysails, and a spanker on the aftermost mast. | | b. | Now Rare. a bark having more than three masts. Compare shipentine. | | | 3. | the crew and, sometimes, the passengers of a vessel: The captain gave the ship shore leave. | | 4. | an airship, airplane, or spacecraft. | –verb (used with object) | 5. | to put or take on board a ship or other means of transportation; to send or transport by ship, rail, truck, plane, etc. | | 6. | Nautical. to take in (water) over the side, as a vessel does when waves break over it. | | 7. | to bring (an object) into a ship or boat. | | 8. | to engage (someone) for service on a ship. | | 9. | to fix in a ship or boat in the proper place for use. | | 10. | to place (an oar) in proper position for rowing. Compare boat (def. 10). |
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| 11. | to send away: They shipped the kids off to camp for the summer. | –verb (used without object) | 12. | to go on board or travel by ship; embark. | | 13. | to engage to serve on a ship. | —Verb phrase | 14. | ship out, | a. | to leave, esp. for another country or assignment: He said goodby to his family and shipped out for the West Indies. | | b. | to send away, esp. to another country or assignment. | | c. | Informal. to quit, resign, or be fired from a job: Shape up or ship out! | | —Idioms |
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15. | jump ship, | a. | to escape from a ship, esp. one in foreign waters or a foreign port, as to avoid further service as a sailor or to request political asylum. | | b. | to withdraw support or membership from a group, organization, cause, etc.; defect or desert: Some of the more liberal members have jumped ship. | | | 16. | run a tight ship, to exercise a close, strict control over a ship's crew, a company, organization, or the like. | | 17. | when one's ship comes in or home, when one's fortune is assured: She'll buy a car as soon as her ship comes in. | |
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