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anchor

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a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
ground tackle

source: wordnet30
a central cohesive source of support and stability(noun.cognition)

Example:
Faith is his anchor.

Synonym:
backbone, keystone, linchpin, lynchpin, mainstay

source: wordnet30
a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute(noun.person)

Synonym:
anchorman, anchorperson

source: wordnet30
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.(noun)

source: webster1913
An anchoret.(noun)

source: webster1913

fix firmly and stably(verb.contact)

Example:
Anchor the lamppost in concrete.

Synonym:
ground

source: wordnet30
secure a vessel with an anchor(verb.contact)

Example:
We anchored at Baltimore.

Synonym:
cast anchor, drop anchor

source: wordnet30
To place at anchor; to secure by an anchor; as, to anchor a ship.(verb)

source: webster1913
To cast anchor; to come to anchor; as, our ship (or the captain) anchored in the stream.(verb)

source: webster1913

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