aweigh
Just off bottom
Aweigh describes an anchor that has just been lifted clear of the seabed but not yet brought aboard: The anchor is aweigh.
The word appears almost exclusively in nautical contexts and in the Navy song "Anchors Aweigh." It's often confused with *away* or *underway*, but aweigh refers specifically to this moment of the anchor breaking free.
Secures ships to seabed
- mooringVessel's secured resting place
- chainLinked segments forming length
- capstanVertical rotating hauling device
- windlassCranked cylinder for lifting
hawser · cable · kedge · bower · flukes · shank · rode · bitt
Currently in progress
- sailingWind-propelled water travel
- voyageJourney by sea
- embarkingBeginning a voyage
- casting offReleasing mooring lines
setting sail · outbound · putting to sea · shipping out · bound for
anchor
Secures ships to seabed
- mooringVessel's secured resting place
- chainLinked segments forming length
- capstanVertical rotating hauling device
windlass · hawser · cable · kedge · bower · flukes · shank · rode · bitt · cleat
underway
Currently in progress
casting off · setting sail · outbound · putting to sea · shipping out · bound for
hoisted
Lifted with effort
suspended · uplifted · cleared · freed · unmoored · detached · disengaged · broken out · vertical · pendant