send vs ship

send

verb
  • To pitch. 

  • To care. 

  • To make a successful ascent of a sport climbing route. 

  • To excite, delight, or thrill (someone). 

  • To dispatch an agent or messenger to convey a message or do an errand. 

  • To bring to a certain condition. 

  • To cause to be or to happen; to bring, bring about; (archaic) to visit: (Referring to blessing or reward) To bestow; to grant. (Referring to curse or punishment) To inflict. Sometimes followed by a dependent proposition. 

  • To make something (such as an object or message) go from one place to another (or to someone). 

noun
  • An operation in which data is transmitted. 

  • An icon (usually on a computer screen and labeled with the word "Send") on which one clicks (with a mouse or its equivalent) or taps to transmit an email or other electronic message. 

  • A messenger, especially one sent to fetch the bride. 

  • A callout or diss usually aimed at a specific person, often in the form of a diss track. 

  • A successful ascent of a sport climbing route. 

ship

verb
  • To bungle a kick and give the opposing team possession. 

  • To trade or send a player to another team. 

  • To engage to serve on board a vessel. 

  • To take in (water) over the sides of a vessel. 

  • To pass (from one person to another). 

  • To go all in. 

  • Leave, depart, scram. 

  • To send by water-borne transport. 

  • To send (a parcel or container) to a recipient (by any means of transport). 

  • To embark on a ship. 

  • To put or secure in its place. 

  • To support or approve of a fictional romantic relationship between two characters, typically in fan fiction or other fandom contexts. 

  • To release a product (not necessarily physical) to vendors or customers; to launch. 

noun
  • A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense. 

  • A spaceship (the type of pattern in a cellular automaton). 

  • A vessel which travels through any medium other than across land, such as an airship or spaceship. 

  • A fictional romantic relationship between two characters, either real or themselves fictional, especially one explored in fan fiction. 

  • The third card of the Lenormand deck. 

  • A water-borne vessel generally larger than a boat. 

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