unship
Definition
Unship (verb): - To remove from a ship: To take something off a ship, such as cargo or passengers. - To dismantle or detach: To remove a ship's component, such as a mast or oar, from its position or fitting.
Usage Examples
- (They unloaded goods from the ship.)
- (They detached the mast from its base.)
- (They were brought ashore from the ship.)
Advanced Usage
- "to unship an oar": To remove an oar from its rowlock or oarlock.
- He unshipped the oar and stowed it below deck. (He detached the oar from its fitting.)
- "to unship goods": To discharge cargo from a vessel.
- The warehouse workers unshipped the containers using cranes. (They unloaded the containers.)
Variants and Related Words
- Unshipping (present participle): The act of removing or detaching.
- The unshipping of the cargo took several hours. (The process of unloading.)
- Unshipped (past tense/past participle): Describes something that has been removed from a ship.
- The unshipped goods were stored in the dockyard. (The goods were taken off the ship.)
Synonyms
- Unload: to remove cargo from a vehicle or vessel.
- Discharge: to release or remove goods or people from a ship.
- Detach: to separate something from a larger structure.
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