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anchor

გამოთქმა: /ˈaŋkə/

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  • 1a heavy object attached to a cable or chain and used to moor a ship to the sea bottom, typically having a metal shank with a pair of curved, barbed flukes at one end: the boat, no longer held fast by its anchor, swung wildly [as modifier]:an anchor chain
  • (anchors) British informal the brakes of a car: this idiot in front slammed on his anchors at a crossing
  • 2a person or thing which provides stability or confidence in an otherwise uncertain situation:the European Community is the economic anchor of the New Europe
  • 3 [usually as modifier] a large and prestigious department store prominently sited in a new shopping centre:an anchor tenant
  • 4chiefly North American an anchorman or anchorwoman: he signed off after nineteen years as CBS news anchor

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  • 1moor (a ship) to the sea bottom with an anchor:the ship was anchored in the lee of the island [no object, with adverbial of place]:we anchored in the harbour
  • secure firmly in position:the tail is used as a hook with which the fish anchors itself to coral
  • provide with a firm basis or foundation:it is important that policy be anchored to some acceptable theoretical basis
  • 2chiefly North American present and coordinate (a television or radio programme): she anchored a television documentary series in the early 1980s

at anchor

(of a ship) moored by means of an anchor: thirty ships lay at anchor here the day before

drop anchor

(of a ship) let down the anchor and moor: I found a sheltered cove and dropped anchor for the night

weigh (or raise) anchor

(of a ship) take up the anchor when ready to start sailing.

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