ship [SHip] NOUN a vessel larger than a boat for transporting people or goods by sea. synonyms: vessel · craft · boat VERB transport (goods or people) on a ship. "the wounded soldiers were shipped home" · [more] synonyms: convey · carry · take · transfer · move · shift · bring · fetch · send · deliver · bear · conduct · haul · lug · cart · run · ferry (of a boat) take in (water) over the side. take (oars) from the oarlocks and lay them inside a boat.