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disanchoring

disanchoring is the present participle and gerund of disanchor.

Meaning of disanchor

Verb

disanchor (third-person singular simple present disanchors, present participle disanchoring, simple past and past participle disanchored)

  1. (ambitransitive, obsolete) To raise the anchor of, as a ship; to weigh anchor.
    • Euen Mariners, which are called with the course and force of winds, being in an Hauen, wil not disanchor, nor depart out of the Hauen, without a prosperous wind1600, Robert Cawdry, A Treasure or store-house of similies

Questions about disanchoring

What is disanchoring the present participle and gerund of?
Disanchoring is the present participle and gerund of disanchor.

Words near disanchoring in the dictionary

  1. disanalogous
  2. disanalogously
  3. disanalogy
  4. disanchor
  5. disanchored
  6. disanchoring
  7. disanchors
  8. disangelical
  9. disanimate
  10. disanimated
  11. disanimates

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Adapted from Wiktionary: disanchoring (page history and authors); disanchor (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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