anchor

noun · verbA2

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noun

Plural noun:

anchorsanchour

1.
(nautical) A tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a sea or river to resist movement.
2.
(nautical) An iron device so shaped as to grip the bottom and hold a vessel at her berth by the chain or rope attached.
3.
(nautical) The combined anchoring gear (anchor, rode, bill/peak and fittings such as bitts, cat, and windlass.)
4.
(heraldry) Representation of the nautical tool, used as a heraldic charge.
5.
Any instrument serving a purpose like that of a ship's anchor, such as an arrangement of timber to hold a dam fast; a device to hold the end of a bridge cable etc.; or a device used in metalworking to hold the core of a mould in place.
6.
(Internet)A marked point in a document that can be the target of a hyperlink.
7.
(computing) A line of code in a program which acts as a reference point for further code to be added immediately before or after, usually via copy and paste.
8.
(television) An anchorman or anchorwoman.
9.
(athletics) The final runner in a relay race.
10.
(archery) A point that is touched by the draw hand or string when the bow is fully drawn and ready to shoot.
11.
(economics) A superstore or other facility that serves as a focus to bring customers into an area.
Đồng nghĩa: anchor tenant
12.
(figuratively)(figurative) That which gives stability or security.

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verb

V_es/s

anchors

V_ing/Gerund

anchoring

V_ed/pp

anchoredanchour

1.
To connect an object, especially a ship or a boat, to a fixed point.
2.
To cast anchor; to come to anchor.
Our ship (or the captain) anchored in the stream.
3.
To stop; to fix or rest.
4.
To provide emotional stability for a person in distress.
5.
To perform as an anchorman or anchorwoman.
6.
To be stuck; to be unable to move away from a position.

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anchor tenantbog downembogenmiredrop anchoraffix fix host present support cease hold rideto hold an object to a fixed point affix, fixto cast anchor drop anchor, ride,to provide emotional stability supportto perform as a TV anchorman host, presentto be stuck bog down, embog, enmire

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From Middle English anker, from Old English ancor, ancra, from Latin ancora, from (or cognate with) Ancient Greek ἄγκυρα. The modern form is a sixteenth-century modification after the spelling anchora. ancora anker angora Ankara.