"swing at anchor" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "swings at anchor",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swinging at anchor",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swung at anchor",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swung at anchor",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "swing<,,swung> at anchor"
      },
      "expansion": "swing at anchor (third-person singular simple present swings at anchor, present participle swinging at anchor, simple past and past participle swung at anchor)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Nautical",
          "orig": "en:Nautical",
          "parents": [
            "Transport",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2019 March 13, Drachinifel, 9:20 from the start, in The Russian 2nd Pacific Squadron - Voyage of the Damned, archived from the original on 2022-12-16",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To remain in port for a prolonged period of time without sailing."
      ],
      "id": "en-swing_at_anchor-en-verb-3cZRWryE",
      "links": [
        [
          "nautical",
          "nautical"
        ],
        [
          "ship",
          "ship"
        ],
        [
          "boat",
          "boat"
        ],
        [
          "vessel",
          "vessel"
        ],
        [
          "remain",
          "remain"
        ],
        [
          "port",
          "port"
        ],
        [
          "prolonged",
          "prolonged"
        ],
        [
          "period of time",
          "period of time"
        ],
        [
          "sail",
          "sail"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "boat; or other vessel; boat; or other vessel",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(nautical, of a ship, boat, or other vessel) To remain in port for a prolonged period of time without sailing."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a ship"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "nautical",
        "transport"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "swing at anchor"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "swings at anchor",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swinging at anchor",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swung at anchor",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swung at anchor",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "swing<,,swung> at anchor"
      },
      "expansion": "swing at anchor (third-person singular simple present swings at anchor, present participle swinging at anchor, simple past and past participle swung at anchor)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs",
        "en:Nautical"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2019 March 13, Drachinifel, 9:20 from the start, in The Russian 2nd Pacific Squadron - Voyage of the Damned, archived from the original on 2022-12-16",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To remain in port for a prolonged period of time without sailing."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nautical",
          "nautical"
        ],
        [
          "ship",
          "ship"
        ],
        [
          "boat",
          "boat"
        ],
        [
          "vessel",
          "vessel"
        ],
        [
          "remain",
          "remain"
        ],
        [
          "port",
          "port"
        ],
        [
          "prolonged",
          "prolonged"
        ],
        [
          "period of time",
          "period of time"
        ],
        [
          "sail",
          "sail"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "boat; or other vessel; boat; or other vessel",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(nautical, of a ship, boat, or other vessel) To remain in port for a prolonged period of time without sailing."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a ship"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "nautical",
        "transport"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "swing at anchor"
}