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English to English noun
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a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving | source: wordnet30
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a central cohesive source of support and stability |
• faith is his anchor
• the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money
• he is the linchpin of this firm
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a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute | source: wordnet30
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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. | source: webster1913 source: webster1913 verb Example:
• anchor the lamppost in concrete
source: wordnet30
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secure a vessel with an anchor |
• We anchored at Baltimore
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To place at anchor; to secure by an anchor; as, to anchor a ship. | source: webster1913
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To cast anchor; to come to anchor; as, our ship (or the captain) anchored in the stream. | source: webster1913
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