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• Weigh anchor — is a nautical term indicating the final preparation of a sea vessel for getting underway. Weighing anchor literally means raising the anchor of the vessel from the sea floor and pulling it up to the side of the vessel after the engines have been… …   Wikipedia

• weigh anchor Nautical — take up the anchor when ready to sail. → weigh …   English new terms dictionary

• weigh anchor — ► weigh anchor Nautical take up the anchor when ready to sail. Main Entry: ↑weigh …   English terms dictionary

• weigh anchor — verb heave up an anchor in preparation for sailing (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑weigh the anchor • Hypernyms: ↑heave, ↑heave up, ↑heft, ↑heft up • Verb Frames …   Useful english dictionary

• To weigh anchor — Anchor An chor ([a^][ng] k[ e]r), n. [OE. anker, AS. ancor, oncer, L. ancora, sometimes spelt anchora, fr. Gr. a gkyra, akin to E. angle: cf. F. ancre. See {Angle}, n.] 1. A iron instrument which is attached to a ship by a cable (rope or chain),… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• weigh anchor — Synonyms and related words: board, break ground, cast away, cast loose, cast off, cat the anchor, detach, disengage, doff, drop the mooring, embark, embus, emplane, enplane, entrain, free, go aboard, go on board, go on shipboard, liberate, loose …   Moby Thesaurus

• weigh anchor — {v. phr.} To set sail; get going. * /After a week in Hawaii, we weighed anchor and sailed south toward Tahiti./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• weigh anchor — {v. phr.} To set sail; get going. * /After a week in Hawaii, we weighed anchor and sailed south toward Tahiti./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• weigh anchor — verb to raise the anchor from the seabed prior to getting under way …   Wiktionary

• weigh\ anchor — v. phr. To set sail; get going. After a week in Hawaii, we weighed anchor and sailed south toward Tahiti …   Словарь американских идиом

• weigh anchor — v. lift an anchor in getting ready for sailing …   English contemporary dictionary