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swing at anchor

swing at anchor verb: to remain in port for a prolonged period of time without sailing.

Verb

swing at anchor (third-person singular simple present swings at anchor, present participle swinging at anchor, simple past and past participle swung at anchor)

  1. (boat, or other vessel) To remain in port for a prolonged period of time without sailing.
    • Aaand any idea of asking for reinforcements was put off by the likely candidates: even-more-obsolete ironclad vessels and coastal-defense units which were swinging at anchor across the bay.2019 March 13, Drachinifel, 9:20 from the start, in The Russian 2nd Pacific Squadron - Voyage of the Damned, archived from the original on 16 Dec 2022

Forms of swing at anchor

third-person singular presentswings at anchor
present participleswinging at anchor
past participleswung at anchor
pastswung at anchor

Questions about swing at anchor

What does swing at anchor mean?
Swing at anchor means to remain in port for a prolonged period of time without sailing.
What part of speech is swing at anchor?
Swing at anchor is a verb.
What is the past tense of swing at anchor?
The past tense of swing at anchor is swung at anchor.

Words near swing at anchor in the dictionary

  1. Swineys
  2. Swinford
  3. Swinfords
  4. swing
  5. swing and a miss
  6. swing at anchor
  7. swing away
  8. swing back
  9. swing bin
  10. swing bins
  11. swing both ways

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