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Meanings of
cast anchor
in English
Portuguese
estar ancorado no ancoradouro
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Secure a vessel with an anchor.
anchor
drop anchor
Portuguese
estar ancorado no ancoradouro
Usage of
cast anchor
in English
1
Regularly at that season several English ships
cast
anchor
in the bay.
2
Without intermission they rowed until night set in, and then
cast
anchor
.
3
They
cast
anchor
and decided not to leave the ship until morning.
4
Here we
cast
anchor
,
and the small steam tender conies puffing alongside.
5
On the 10th of February, fifteen large vessels
cast
anchor
at Flushing.
6
The seamen therefore
cast
anchor
,
to consider what was to be done.
7
Here the fishermen
cast
anchor
,
and, baiting their hand-lines, began to fish.
8
Julius Caesar had
cast
anchor
before Alexandria shortly after the King's return.
9
We are nearing the mountain now, and we shall soon
cast
anchor
!
10
We shall not meet again till the ships
cast
anchor
in the Maese.
11
We had
cast
anchor
in ten fathoms, at three miles from the coast.
12
We were obliged in consequence to
cast
anchor
before the town.
13
The ships sailed up this inlet for several miles, when they
cast
anchor
.
14
The lead-line betokened fifty fathoms where the frigate had
cast
anchor
.
15
We
cast
anchor
in the harbour of Lavalette at seven o'clock.
16
There the Danes
cast
anchor
,
and the forces dispersed to their winter quarters.
Other examples for "cast anchor"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
This collocation consists of:
cast
anchor
cast
Verb
Noun
Translations for
cast anchor
Portuguese
estar ancorado no ancoradouro
Cast anchor
through the time
Cast anchor
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common