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"forms": [
{
"form": "weighs anchor",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "weighing anchor",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "weighed anchor",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "weighed anchor",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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},
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"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "drop anchor"
}
],
"categories": [
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"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
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},
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"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Nautical",
"orig": "en:Nautical",
"parents": [
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}
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"examples": [
{
"text": "1986, Ben Elton et al., Blackadder II, 3: \"Potato\"\n- Aah-ahhh! You have a woman’s hand, milord! I’ll wager these dainty pinkies never weighed anchor in a storm.\n- Well, you’re right there."
}
],
"glosses": [
"To raise the anchor of a ship or boat prior to getting under way."
],
"id": "en-weigh_anchor-en-verb-dEMsRmEr",
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"nautical",
"nautical"
],
[
"raise",
"raise"
],
[
"ship",
"ship"
],
[
"boat",
"boat"
],
[
"under way",
"under way"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(nautical) To raise the anchor of a ship or boat prior to getting under way."
],
"related": [
{
"word": "anchor's aweigh"
}
],
"topics": [
"nautical",
"transport"
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "raise the anchor",
"word": "malankri"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "raise the anchor",
"word": "levi la ankron"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "raise the anchor",
"word": "lætta akker"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "raise the anchor",
"word": "nostaa ankkuri"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "raise the anchor",
"word": "lever l’ancre"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "raise the anchor",
"word": "den Anker lichten"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "he'ela ogen",
"sense": "raise the anchor",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "הֶעֱלָה עֹגֶן"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "herim ogen",
"sense": "raise the anchor",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "הֵרִים עֹגֶן"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "raise the anchor",
"word": "desankragar"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "raise the anchor",
"word": "levare l'ancora"
},
{
"alt": "ばつびょう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "batsubyou",
"sense": "raise the anchor",
"word": "抜錨"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "raise the anchor",
"word": "levar anclas"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "raise the anchor",
"word": "levar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "raise the anchor",
"word": "lätta ankar"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "raise the anchor",
"word": "demir almak"
}
]
}
],
"word": "weigh anchor"
}
{
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{
"form": "weighs anchor",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
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]
},
{
"form": "weighing anchor",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "weighed anchor",
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"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "weighed anchor",
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"past"
]
}
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],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
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"word": "anchor's aweigh"
}
],
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{
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{
"word": "drop anchor"
}
],
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"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English verbs",
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],
"examples": [
{
"text": "1986, Ben Elton et al., Blackadder II, 3: \"Potato\"\n- Aah-ahhh! You have a woman’s hand, milord! I’ll wager these dainty pinkies never weighed anchor in a storm.\n- Well, you’re right there."
}
],
"glosses": [
"To raise the anchor of a ship or boat prior to getting under way."
],
"links": [
[
"nautical",
"nautical"
],
[
"raise",
"raise"
],
[
"ship",
"ship"
],
[
"boat",
"boat"
],
[
"under way",
"under way"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(nautical) To raise the anchor of a ship or boat prior to getting under way."
],
"topics": [
"nautical",
"transport"
]
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "raise the anchor",
"word": "malankri"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "raise the anchor",
"word": "levi la ankron"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "raise the anchor",
"word": "lætta akker"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "raise the anchor",
"word": "nostaa ankkuri"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "raise the anchor",
"word": "lever l’ancre"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "raise the anchor",
"word": "den Anker lichten"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "he'ela ogen",
"sense": "raise the anchor",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "הֶעֱלָה עֹגֶן"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "herim ogen",
"sense": "raise the anchor",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "הֵרִים עֹגֶן"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "raise the anchor",
"word": "desankragar"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "raise the anchor",
"word": "levare l'ancora"
},
{
"alt": "ばつびょう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "batsubyou",
"sense": "raise the anchor",
"word": "抜錨"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "raise the anchor",
"word": "levar anclas"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "raise the anchor",
"word": "levar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "raise the anchor",
"word": "lätta ankar"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "raise the anchor",
"word": "demir almak"
}
],
"word": "weigh anchor"
}
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