What is the multiple meaning of ship?

Answer 1

Pay; reward., Any large seagoing vessel., 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., A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense., To put on board of a ship, or vessel of any kind, for transportation; to send by water., By extension, in commercial usage, to commit to any conveyance for transportation to a distance; as, to ship freight by railroad., Hence, to send away; to get rid of., To engage or secure for service on board of a ship; as, to ship seamen., To receive on board ship; as, to ship a sea., To put in its place; as, to ship the tiller or rudder., To engage to serve on board of a vessel; as, to ship on a man-of-war., To embark on a ship.