drop anchor (English, verb)
expansion: drop anchor (third-person singular simple present drops anchor, present participle dropping anchor, simple past and past participle dropped anchor)
Senses:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: 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.
glosses: To stop travelling and settle down.
glosses: To defecate.
tags: euphemistic
Forms:
form: drops anchor
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: dropping anchor
tags: participle
present
form: dropped anchor
tags: participle
past
form: dropped anchor
tags: past