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cast anchor

cast anchor verb: to drop anchor or otherwise moor a ship.

Verb

cast anchor (third-person singular simple present casts anchor, present participle casting anchor, simple past and past participle cast anchor)

  1. To drop anchor or otherwise moor a ship.
  2. (figuratively) To take up a position.

cast anchor meaning in Kannada

cast anchor in Kannada

ಲಂಗರು ಹಾಕು

Antonyms of cast anchor

Forms of cast anchor

third-person singular presentcasts anchor
present participlecasting anchor
past participlecast anchor
pastcast anchor

Questions about cast anchor

What does cast anchor mean?
Cast anchor means to drop anchor or otherwise moor a ship.
What is cast anchor in Kannada?
Cast anchor in Kannada is ಲಂಗರು ಹಾಕು. See Cast anchor meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is cast anchor?
Cast anchor is a verb.
What is the past tense of cast anchor?
The past tense of cast anchor is cast anchor.

Words near cast anchor in the dictionary

  1. cast a pall
  2. cast a shadow
  3. cast about
  4. cast accounts
  5. cast adrift
  6. cast anchor
  7. cast around
  8. cast aside
  9. cast aspersions
  10. cast away
  11. cast back

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