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Verb: weigh the anchor
  1. Heave up an anchor in preparation for sailing
    "The captain ordered the crew to weigh the anchor at dawn";
    - weigh anchor

Derived forms: weighing the anchor, weighed the anchor, weighs the anchor

Type of: heave, heave up, heft, heft up