weigh
verb (SHIP) /weɪ/Definition
weigh anchor › to lift the anchor (= a heavy metal object) of a ship from under the water so that it can move freelyArriving and departing by boat or ship
(Definition of weigh verb (SHIP) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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