"shipping" in the noun sense
1. transportation, shipping, transport
the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials
2. shipping, cargo ships, merchant marine, merchant vessels
conveyance provided by the ships belonging to one country or industry
"shipping" in the verb sense
1. transport, send, ship
transport commercially
2. ship
hire for work on a ship
3. embark, ship
go on board
4. ship
travel by ship
5. ship
place on board a ship
"ship the cargo in the hold of the vessel"
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