weigh anchor
1Weigh 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… …
2weigh anchor — ► weigh anchor Nautical take up the anchor when ready to sail. Main Entry: ↑weigh …
3weigh 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 …
4weigh anchor Nautical — take up the anchor when ready to sail. → weigh …
5weigh 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 …
6weigh anchor — {v. phr.} To set sail; get going. * /After a week in Hawaii, we weighed anchor and sailed south toward Tahiti./ …
7weigh anchor — {v. phr.} To set sail; get going. * /After a week in Hawaii, we weighed anchor and sailed south toward Tahiti./ …
8weigh anchor — verb to raise the anchor from the seabed prior to getting under way …
9weigh\ anchor — v. phr. To set sail; get going. After a week in Hawaii, we weighed anchor and sailed south toward Tahiti …
10weigh anchor — v. lift an anchor in getting ready for sailing …
