What is the meaning of shipping?

noun

• The commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials.
  • synonyms: transportation, transport
• Conveyance provided by the ships belonging to one country or industry.
  • synonyms: cargo ships, merchant marine, merchant vessels

verb

• Transport commercially.
  • synonyms: transport, send, ship
• Hire for work on a ship.
  • synonyms: ship
• Go on board.
  • synonyms: embark, ship
• Travel by ship.
  • synonyms: ship
• Place on board a ship.
  • usage: "ship the cargo in the hold of the vessel"
  • synonyms: ship