becue

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verb

To make fast a rope to an anchor, used when anchored over a rocky bottom, so as to allow the anchor to be hoisted from its flukes to escape an entrapment on the bottom.

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Meanings

verbbecue (third-person singular simple present becues, present participle becuing, simple past and past participle becued)

present singular third person becues · participle present becuing · participle past becued · past becued

  1. nauticalTo make fast a rope to an anchor, used when anchored over a rocky bottom, so as to allow the anchor to be hoisted from its flukes to escape an entrapment on the bottom.
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APA

becue. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/becue

MLA

“becue.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/becue. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “becue,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/becue.

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