ships

     

A ship /ʃɪp/ Auio (US) (help·info) is a large vessel that floats on water. Ships are generally distinguished from boats based on size. Ships may be found on lakes, seas, and rivers and they allow for a variety of activities, such as the transport of persons or goods, fishing, entertainment, public safety, and warfare.

Trivia about ships

  • People who meet briefly & then go their separate ways are like these "that pass in the night"
  • The schipperke's name can be translated as "little captain", reflecting its role guarding these
  • Samuel Plimsoll had a line on these named for him
  • Letters of marque give private citizens the right to be corsairs, seizing the merchant these of another nation