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| an·chor [ ángkər ] |
noun (plural an·chors) |
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1. device to hold ship in place: a heavy, traditionally double-hooked, device for keeping a ship or floating object in place
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2. device keeping object in place: any device that keeps an object in place
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3. broadcasting announcer of news program: an announcer on a news program, providing links between the studio and reporters on location.
See also anchormananchorwoman
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4. something dependable: somebody who or something that provides stability
  She was my anchor during the crisis.
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5. commerce
Same as anchor store
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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
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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
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attaching: used for securing or connecting something
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verb (past and past participle an·chored, present participle an·chor·ing, 3rd person present singular an·chors) |
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1. transitive verb hold something in place: to hold something securely in place
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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
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3. transitive verb broadcasting be announcer of news program: to be the announcer on a news program
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| [Pre-12th century. Via Latin ancora< Greek agkura] |
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at anchor held on the water by an anchor
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