| Shipping 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ship. 2. (a.) Relating to ships, their ownership, transfer, or employment; as, shipping concerns. 3. (a.) Relating to, or concerned in, the forwarding of goods; as, a shipping clerk. 4. (n.) The act of one who, or of that which, ships; as, the shipping of flour to Liverpool. 5. (n.) The collective body of ships in one place, or belonging to one port, country, etc.; vessels, generally; tonnage. 6. (n.) Navigation. Thesaurus Entries air express, airfreight, airlift, argosy, asportation, bearing, bottoms, carriage, carry, carrying, cartage, conveyance, drayage, expressage, ferriage, fleet, flotilla, freight, freightage, haulage, hauling, lighterage, line, lugging, merchant fleet, merchant navy, navy, packing, portage, porterage, railway express, shipment, ships, telpherage, tonnage, toting, transport, transportation, transshipment, truckage, waft, waftage, wagonage, whaling fleet |