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swung at anchor

swung at anchor is the simple past and past participle of swing at anchor.

Meaning of swing at anchor

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

Questions about swung at anchor

What is swung at anchor the simple past and past participle of?
Swung at anchor is the simple past and past participle of swing at anchor.

Words near swung at anchor in the dictionary

  1. swum the Thames
  2. swum the Tiber
  3. swum upstream
  4. swum with sharks
  5. swung
  6. swung at anchor
  7. swung away
  8. swung both ways
  9. swung by
  10. swung dash
  11. swung dashes

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