Definition of anchor
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noun (n)
a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving (noun.artifact)
source: wordnet30
a central cohesive source of support and stability (noun.cognition)
Example: Faith is his anchor.
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a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute (noun.person)
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A iron instrument which is attached to a ship by a cable (rope or chain), and which, being cast overboard, lays hold of the earth by a fluke or hook and thus retains the ship in a particular station. (noun)
source: webster1913
An anchoret. (noun)
source: webster1913
verb (v)
fix firmly and stably (verb.contact)
Example: Anchor the lamppost in concrete.
source: wordnet30
secure a vessel with an anchor (verb.contact)
Example: We anchored at Baltimore.
source: wordnet30
To place at anchor; to secure by an anchor; as, to anchor a ship. (verb)
source: webster1913
To cast anchor; to come to anchor; as, our ship (or the captain) anchored in the stream. (verb)
source: webster1913
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