anchor

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural

anchors

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)

anchor

past (v2)

anchored

past participle (v3)

anchored

present participle

anchoring

3rd person singular

anchors

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.A tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a sea or river to resist movement.

   • Men that I knew around Wapatomac didn't wear high, shiny plug hats, nor yeller spring overcoats, nor carry canes with ivory heads as big as a catboat's anchor, as you might say.

2. 2.An iron device so shaped as to grip the bottom and hold a vessel at her berth by the chain or rope attached.

3. 3.Representation of the nautical tool, used as a heraldic charge.

4. 4.The combined anchoring gear (anchor, rode, bill/peak and fittings such as bitts, cat, and windlass.)

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1. 1.To connect an object, especially a ship or a boat, to a fixed point.

2. 2.To stop; to fix or rest.

   • My invention […] anchors on Isabel.

3. 3.To provide emotional stability for a person in distress.

4. 4.To cast anchor; to come to anchor.

   • Our ship (or the captain) anchored in the stream.

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