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- Dictionaryanchor/ˈaŋkə/
noun
- 1. a heavy object attached to a cable or chain and used to moor a ship to the sea bottom, typically having a metal shank with a pair of curved, barbed flukes at one end: "the boat, no longer held fast by its anchor, swung wildly"
- 2. an anchorman or anchorwoman: North American "he signed off after nineteen years as CBS news anchor" Similar
verb
- 1. moor (a ship) to the sea bottom with an anchor: "the ship was anchored in the lee of the island" Similar
- 2. present and coordinate (a television or radio programme): North American "she anchored a television documentary series in the early 1980s"
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to make something or someone stay in one position by fastening him, her, or it firmly: We anchored ourselves to the rocks with a rope.
The meaning of ANCHOR is a device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom. How to use anchor in a sentence.
a heavy metal object, usually shaped like a cross with curved arms, on a strong rope or chain, that is dropped from a boat into the water to prevent the boat from moving away: drop anchor We dropped anchor (= lowered the anchor into the water) and stopped.
Anchor definition: any of various devices dropped by a chain, cable, or rope to the bottom of a body of water for preventing or restricting the motion of a vessel or other floating object, typically having broad, hooklike arms that bury themselves in the bottom to provide a firm hold.. See examples of ANCHOR used in a sentence.
1. (Nautical Terms) any of several devices, usually of steel, attached to a vessel by a cable and dropped overboard so as to grip the bottom and restrict the vessel's movement. 2. an object used to hold something else firmly in place: the rock provided an anchor for the rope.
An anchor is a heavy hooked object that is dropped from a boat into the water at the end of a chain in order to make the boat stay in one place. 2.verb. When a boat anchors or when you anchor it, its anchor is dropped into the water in order to make it stay in one place. We could anchor off the pier.
Anchor has the sense of what holds something in place. When you anchor a bookshelf to the wall, you affix it to the wall so it won't come down. The anchor of a relay race is the last person to run.
noun. /ˈæŋkə (r)/ /ˈæŋkər/ a heavy metal object that is attached to a rope or chain and dropped over the side of a ship or boat to keep it in one place. to drop anchor. We raised the anchor and set sail. We weighed anchor (= pulled it out of the water). at anchor The ship lay at anchor two miles off the rocky coast. Topics Transport by water c1.
Definition of anchor verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
a person or thing that can be relied on for support, stability, or security; mainstay: Hope was his only anchor. Show Business [Radio and Television.]a person who is the main broadcaster on a program of news, sports, etc., and who usually also serves as coordinator of all participating broadcasters during the program; anchorman or anchorwoman;
