inship

English

Etymology 1

From in- +‎ ship. Compare West Frisian ynskipje (“to board a ship”), Dutch inschepen (“to ship, embark”), German einschiffen (“to ship, embark”), Danish indskibe (“to ship, embark”), Swedish inskeppa (“to ship, embark”).

Alternative forms

• enship

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inˈʃip/

Verb

inship (third-person singular simple present inships, present participle inshipping, simple past and past participle inshipped)

1. (transitive, dated) To put aboard a ship.
2. (transitive) Alternative form of enship (“to travel or send by ship”)

Etymology 2

From in- +‎ ship.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈinˌʃip/

Verb

inship (third-person singular simple present inships, present participle inshipping, simple past and past participle inshipped)

1. (transitive) To ship in from abroad; to import.
   • 1987, Louisiana Rural Economist, volumes 49-55, page 4:

     Louisiana producers should be interested to learn that 43 percent of the inshipped fresh beef graded less than USDA Choice.

Related terms

• inshipment
• inshipped