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an·chor [ ángkər ]


noun  (plural an·chors)
Definition:
 
1. device to hold ship in place: a heavy, traditionally double-hooked, device for keeping a ship or floating object in place

2. device keeping object in place: any device that keeps an object in place

3. broadcasting announcer of news program: an announcer on a news program, providing links between the studio and reporters on location.
See also  anchormananchorwoman


4. something dependable: somebody who or something that provides stability
She was my anchor during the crisis.

5. commerce 
Same as  anchor store


6. track and field somebody positioned last: the team member who is responsible for the last leg in a relay race or farthest to the rear in a tug of war

7. climbing climber's rope attachment: a point to which a climber's rope is attached, e.g. on a rock face or in ice



adjective 
Definition:
 
attaching: used for securing or connecting something



verb  (past and past participle an·chored, present participle an·chor·ing, 3rd person present singular an·chors)
Definition:
 
1. transitive verb hold something in place: to hold something securely in place

2. transitive and intransitive verb nautical put down anchor: to moor a ship by lowering its anchor so that it remains stationary in a place
anchored off the Nigerian coast

3. transitive verb broadcasting be announcer of news program: to be the announcer on a news program

[Pre-12th century. Via Latin ancora< Greek agkura]

at anchor held on the water by an anchor

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