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Meanings of drop anchor in English

Portuguese
estar ancorado no ancoradouro

Secure a vessel with an anchor.

estar ancorado no ancoradouro
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Examples for "anchor"
Examples for "anchor"
1
The ships dropped anchor; the boats were lowered; the people went ashore.
Pioneers of the Old South: A Chronicle of English Colonial Begin...
2
EU membership is widely seen as an anchor for the reform process.
The Irish Times
3
The anchor plunged into the water of the harbour; the shrieking ceased.
The Devil Doctor
4
After numerous storms, the sea is still there, anchor Kang Hui said.
News.com.au
5
Currently we have an 'anchor' tenant in the form of, Emirates Airlines.
The South African
1
Regularly at that season several English ships cast anchor in the bay.
The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume ...
2
Without intermission they rowed until night set in, and then cast anchor.
The Dragon and the Raven; Or, The Days of King Alfred
3
They cast anchor and decided not to leave the ship until morning.
The Enchanted Island
4
Here we cast anchor, and the small steam tender conies puffing alongside.
Sunny Memories Of Foreign Lands, Volume 1
5
On the 10th of February, fifteen large vessels cast anchor at Flushing.
The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 31: 1580-82
Usage of drop anchor in English
1
Yes, to my mind we'd best drop anchor and have a search.''
English passengers
2
Get in nearer the shore, and we'll drop anchor above the landing.
The House Boat Boys; Or, Drifting Down to the Sunny South
3
He was straitly forbidden to drop anchor in any water of Hispaniola.
1492
4
When we get there we shall drop anchor till the tide turns.
By England's Aid; or, the Freeing of the Netherlands (1585-1604)
5
It was impossible for them to drop anchor very close to shore.
Roma eterna
6
It pleases them not to have a Christian ship drop anchor here.
The confusion
7
I'll not drop anchor till Bu Saef has rejoined his old masters.
Saved from the Sea; Or, The Loss of the Viper, and her Crew's Sa...
8
Why did she so quickly drop anchor and put out two boats?
The Adventures of Captain Horn
9
Blood has overhauled a naval vessel, has caused her to drop anchor.
The new yorker
10
So I asked him to drop anchor long enough to forage.
Burning up
11
Any twitch on the compass needle and we drop anchor and search below.
Map of bones
12
The hydrofoil, which had seemed to drop anchor, was on the move again.
Map of bones
13
She won't get up again till we drop anchor at Madeira.
Dawn
14
But the love pirate intended to drop anchor in California waters, it seemed!
The Port of Adventure
15
Bandini's leer caused him to kill the motor and drop anchor.
Wait until spring, bandini
16
The pilot passed the word to drop anchor off Dungeness.
Grace Darling, Heroine of the Farne Islands
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