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Meaning of SHIPSHAPE

Pronunciation:  'ship`sheyp

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 Definition: [adj]  of places; characterized by order and neatness; free from disorder; "even the barn was shipshape"; "a trim little sailboat"
 
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 Synonyms: tidy, trim, well-kept
 

 

 

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  1. \Ship"shape`\, a.
    Arranged in a manner befitting a ship; hence, trim; tidy;
    orderly.
          Even then she expressed her scorn for the lubbery
          executioner's mode of tying a knot, and did it herself
          in a shipshape orthodox manner.          --De Quincey.
          Keep everything shipshape, for I must go --Tennyson.
    
  2. \Ship"shape`\, adv.
    In a shipshape or seamanlike manner.
    
 
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