anchor
/ˈæŋ.kɚ/ verb C1- To connect an object, especially a ship or a boat, to a fixed point.
- To cast anchor; to come to anchor. · Our ship (or the captain) anchored in the stream.
- To stop; to fix or rest.
- To provide emotional stability for a person in distress.
- To perform as an anchorman or anchorwoman.
- To stick; to make (something) unable to move away from a position.
He/she/it anchors · Past anchored · Past participle anchored · -ing form anchoring
Verb forms
- Base form
- anchor
- He/she/it
- anchors
- Past
- anchored
- Past participle
- anchored
- -ing form
- anchoring
From the library
“There is a felucca for you at anchor.
As for me, I must look after the anchoring, and dress the ship in mourning.”
“But,” replied the owner, glancing after Dantès, who was watching the anchoring of his vessel, “it seems to me that a sailor needs not be so old as you say, Danglars, to understand his business, for our friend Edmond seems to understand it thoroughly, and not to require instruction from anyone.”
The anchor was instantly dropped, and the chain ran rattling through the port-hole.
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