Scupper vs. Ship

Scuppernoun

(nautical) A drainage hole on the deck of a ship.

Scuppernoun

(architecture) A similar opening in a wall or parapet that allows water to drain from a roof.

Scupperverb

(British) Thwart or destroy, especially something belonging or pertaining to another; compare scuttle.

Scuppernoun

An opening cut through the waterway and bulwarks of a ship, so that water falling on deck may flow overboard; - called also scupper hole.

Scuppernoun

drain that allows water on the deck of a vessel to flow overboard

Scupperverb

wait in hiding to attack

Scupperverb

put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position

Scupper

A scupper is an opening in the side walls of a vessel or an open-air structure, which allows water to drain instead of pooling within the bulwark or gunwales of a vessel, or within the curbing or walls of a building. There are two main kinds of scuppers: Ships have scuppers at deck level, to allow for ocean or rainwater drain-off.

Shipnoun

A water-borne vessel generally larger than a boat.

Shipnoun

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

Shipnoun

A sailing vessel with three or more square-rigged masts.

Shipnoun

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

Shipnoun

(cartomancy) The third card of the Lenormand deck.

Shipnoun

(fandom) A fictional romantic relationship between two characters, either real or themselves fictional.

Shipverb

(transitive) To send by water-borne transport.

Shipverb

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

Shipverb

(ambitransitive) To release a product to vendors; to launch.

Shipverb

(ambitransitive) To engage to serve on board a vessel.

Shipverb

(intransitive) To embark on a ship.

Shipverb

To put in its place.

Shipverb

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

Shipverb

(transitive) To pass (from one person to another).

Shipverb

To go all in.

Shipverb

(sports) To trade or send a player to another team.

Shipverb

(rugby) To bungle a kick and give the opposing team possession.

Shipverb

(fandom) To support or approve of a fictional romantic relationship between two characters, either real or themselves fictional, typically in fan fiction.

Shipnoun

Pay; reward.

Shipnoun

Any large seagoing vessel.

Shipnoun

Specifically, a vessel furnished with a bowsprit and three masts (a mainmast, a foremast, and a mizzenmast), each of which is composed of a lower mast, a topmast, and a topgallant mast, and square-rigged on all masts. See Illustation in Appendix.

Shipnoun

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

Shipverb

To put on board of a ship, or vessel of any kind, for transportation; to send by water.

Shipverb

By extension, in commercial usage, to commit to any conveyance for transportation to a distance; as, to ship freight by railroad.

Shipverb

Hence, to send away; to get rid of.

Shipverb

To engage or secure for service on board of a ship; as, to ship seamen.

Shipverb

To receive on board ship; as, to ship a sea.

Shipverb

To put in its place; as, to ship the tiller or rudder.

Shipverb

To engage to serve on board of a vessel; as, to ship on a man-of-war.

Shipverb

To embark on a ship.

Shipnoun

a vessel that carries passengers or freight

Shipverb

transport commercially

Shipverb

hire for work on a ship

Shipverb

go on board

Shipverb

travel by ship

Shipverb

place on board a ship;

Ship

A ship is a large watercraft that travels the world's oceans and other sufficiently deep waterways, carrying goods or passengers, or in support of specialized missions, such as defense, research, and fishing. Ships are generally distinguished from boats, based on size, shape, load capacity, and tradition.