"drop anchor" meaning in All languages combined

See drop anchor on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: drops anchor [present, singular, third-person], dropping anchor [participle, present], dropped anchor [participle, past], dropped anchor [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} drop anchor (third-person singular simple present drops anchor, present participle dropping anchor, simple past and past participle dropped anchor)
  1. (nautical) To release the anchor of a ship or boat, allowing it to fall to the bed of a body of water and thereby securing the vessel in place. Categories (topical): Nautical Translations (release the anchor of a ship): laskea ankkuri (Finnish), pudottaa ankkuri (Finnish), jeter l’ancre (French), הֵטִיל עֹגֶן (hetil ogen) (Hebrew), demir atmak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-drop_anchor-en-verb-UqxFNUx- Topics: nautical, transport Disambiguation of 'release the anchor of a ship': 100 0
  2. (euphemistic) To defecate. Tags: euphemistic Categories (topical): Bodily functions, Feces Synonyms: drop a bomb, drop a chalupa, drop a deuce, drop the kids off at the pool, defecate
    Sense id: en-drop_anchor-en-verb-U4VrBKOp Disambiguation of Bodily functions: 17 83 Disambiguation of Feces: 12 88 Categories (other): English euphemisms, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 63 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 71 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 28 72

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "release the anchor of a ship",
      "word": "laskea ankkuri"
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