boat vs weigh anchor

boat

verb
  • To place in a boat. 

  • To travel by boat. 

  • To transport in a boat. 

noun
  • A craft used for transportation of goods, fishing, racing, recreational cruising, or military use on or in the water, propelled by oars or outboard motor or inboard motor or by wind. 

  • A full house. 

  • One of two possible conformations of cyclohexane rings (the other being chair), shaped roughly like a boat. 

  • A vehicle, utensil, or dish somewhat resembling a boat in shape. 

  • The refugee boats arriving in Australian waters, and by extension, refugees generally. 

weigh anchor

verb
  • To raise the anchor of a ship or boat prior to getting under way. 

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