You probably are thinking of the word "scuttling" here. To scuttle a ship is to open holes in the hull and let in the water. It means to sink your own ship on purpose.
In the Suez canal , the pilots used that phrase, addressed to the helmsman, when the ship had come on what the pilot meant was the proper course.
In the poem "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge this phrase is found. It is an image. Visual imagery. When the ship moves on a tideless ocean it cuts through the water that forms a furrow at the rear bottom of the ship that is created by white foam that flies when the ship cuts and sails through the water. Without any disturbance the ship sails smoothly. That is meant by 'furrow followed free'. Hope you understood.
The crews of early sailing ship slept in hammocks. If the crew was needed to climb the masts, and adjust sails, they were ordered to "turn to". Turning in a hammock dumps you out- it meant get up, and get to work.
Meant... As in "he was meant to have it."
Depending how it is used, "ship" can be a noun or a verb:As a noun: The ship was lost at sea during a storm.As a verb: Is it better to ship a package by UPS or USPS?
Cleaning the ship up and displaying flags and bunting.
It means the ship is capable of carrying 20,000 20-foot containers.
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It means to open valves to let sea water fill the ship, then to leave the ship to sink. In wartime, often done rather than let the enemy have the ship.
ships are not meant for being safe at the harbour, they are meant to get drowned in all possible waves
Sinking it deliberately to avoid it being of use to an enemy.
Sinking it deliberately to avoid it being of use to an enemy.
The ship meant to collect them was unable to make the rendezvous.
A ship that has lost power and cannot manoeuvre is said to be floundering. It also means to stumble about in an uncoordinated fashion.
i think it meant that there was a sick ness on board i think.
A denizen is one who lives in a certain place. So denizenship is to have lived in that place.
Due to the Germans covering the sea this meant that Britain could not ship in any resources such as food. This meant that we were low on food and therefore rationing was compulsory.