The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word SHIP
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result SHIP
- Vessel indicative of rank?
- Move old Bob’s joint
- Small trendy carrier, perhaps
- Deliver joint on Sunday
- What’s special about greeting arrival at port?
- Vessel‘s drink, hot inside
- Transport by quiet address
- Send son with it
- Send spades with it
- One of three I saw arriving this morning, going by air? Sea, actually
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What does SHIP mean?
SHIP noun- A water-borne vessel generally larger than a boat.
- (chiefly in combination) A vessel which travels through any medium other than across land, such as an airship or spaceship.
- A sailing vessel with three or more square-rigged masts.
- A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense.
- The third card of the Lenormand deck.
- To send by water-borne transport.
- To send (a parcel or container) to a recipient (by any means of transport).
- To release a product to vendors; to launch.
- To engage to serve on board a vessel.
- To embark on a ship.
- To put in its place.
- To take in (water) over the sides of a vessel.
- To pass (from one person to another).
- To go all in.
- To trade or send a player to another team.
- To bungle a kick and give the opposing team possession.
- A fictional romantic relationship between two characters, either real or themselves fictional.
- To support or approve of a fictional romantic relationship between two characters, either real or themselves fictional, typically in fan fiction.