shipshape

ship·shape

 (shĭp′shāp′)
adj.
Orderly and neat; tidy: made sure the room was shipshape before the guests arrived.

[Short for obsolete shipshapen, arranged as a ship should be : ship + shapen, past participle of shape.]

ship′shape′ adv.
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shipshape

(ˈʃɪpˌʃeɪp)
adj
neat; orderly
adv
in a neat and orderly manner
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ship•shape

(ˈʃɪpˌʃeɪp)

adj.
1. in good order; trim or tidy.
adv.
2. in a shipshape manner.
[1635–45]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.shipshape - of placesshipshape - of places; characterized by order and neatness; free from disorder; "even the barn was shipshape"; "a trim little sailboat"
tidy - marked by order and cleanliness in appearance or habits; "a tidy person"; "a tidy house"; "a tidy mind"
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shipshape

adjective tidy, neat, orderly, trim, businesslike, well-organized, uncluttered, well-ordered, well-regulated, spick-and-span, trig (archaic or dialect), Bristol fashion We moved in and soon had the place shipshape.
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shipshape

adjective
In good order or clean condition:
Chiefly British: tight.
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Translations
مُرَتَّب، مُحْكَم النِّظام
v pořádku
i orden
en ordre
í röî og reglu
in ordine
i tipp topp stand
düzenlimuntazam
井然有序的整齐的

shipshape

[ˈʃɪpʃeɪp] ADJen buen orden
all shipshape and Bristol fashion (Brit) → todo limpio y en su sitio
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shipshape

[ˈʃɪpʃeɪp] adjen ordre impeccable
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shipshape

adj, advtipptopp (inf); to get everything shipshapealles tipptopp machen (inf); we’ll soon have you shipshape again, said the doctor (inf)Sie werden bald wieder auf dem Damm sein, sagte der Arzt (inf); shipshape and Bristol fashionin bester Ordnung
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shipshape

[ˈʃɪpˌʃeɪp] adjin perfetto ordine
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ship

(ʃip) noun
1. a large boat. The ship sank and all the passengers and crew were drowned.
2. any of certain types of transport that fly. a spaceship.
verbpast tense, past participle shipped
to send or transport by ship. The books were shipped to Australia.
ˈshipment noun
1. a load of goods sent by sea. a shipment of wine from Portugal.
2. the sending of goods by sea.
ˈshipper noun
a person who arranges for goods to be shipped. a firm of shippers.
ˈshipping noun
ships taken as a whole. The harbour was full of shipping.
ˈship-broker noun
1. an agent whose job is to buy or sell ships.
2. an insurance agent for ships.
ˈshipbuilder noun
a person whose business is the construction of ships. a firm of shipbuilders.
ˈshipbuilding noun
ˈshipowner noun
a person or company that owns a ship or ships.
ˌshipˈshape adjective
in good order. She left everything shipshape in her room when she left.
ˈshipwreck noun
1. the accidental sinking or destruction of a ship. There were many shipwrecks on the rocky coast.
2. a wrecked ship. an old shipwreck on the shore.
verb
We were shipwrecked off the coast of Africa.
ˈshipyard noun
a place where ships are built or repaired.
ship water
(of a boat) to let water in over the side. The boat shipped water and nearly capsized.
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