anchor Meaning️️.️️❤️️︎ What does anchor mean?

anchor

Noun

1. a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving
2. a central cohesive source of support and stability;
- "faith is his anchor"
- "the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money"
- "he is the linchpin of this firm"
3. a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute

Verb

Swaps the anchor and end points of the current selection.
Wear Valley water boat anchor line, singing the crisp sound of soft scull.
A ship surges at anchor.
Look ! The ship is lifting anchor.
The ship is lifting anchor.
The storm drove the ship forward shearing its anchor line and setting it adrift.
Fifth , in the bay, the port anchors ships'security, prevents the anchor, to break the cable.
They lay at anchor outside the harbour.
The tiger anchor ed fast to its prey.
He anchor ed the winning team.
The ship is about to weigh anchor.
The ship cast anchor for the night.
The rope fouled the anchor chain.
The ship dragged her anchor during the storm.
We weighed anchor in the afternoon and started for the Philippines.
The ship rode on the waves [ at anchor in the harbour ].
The sailor coiled the rope around the anchor.
The anchor is apeak.
Letters from home were an anchor to him when he worked abroad.
The ship is at anchor in Foochow harbo ( u ) r at present.
to drop anchor
Several boats lay at anchor in the harbour.
He remains the anchor of the country's fragile political balance.
Sailing boats lay at anchor in the narrow waterway.
NATO remains the United States' chief institutional anchor in Europe.
He provided an emotional anchor for her.
We dropped anchor in a sheltered spot.
Secure the anchor by lashing it to the rail.
We sailed into the bay and dropped anchor in five fathoms of water.

at anchor

(of a ship) moored by means of an anchor
drop anchor

(of a ship) let down the anchor and moor
weigh (或 raise) anchor

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

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A woman walks into a pet shop and sees a cute little dog. She asks the shopkeeper, "Does your dog bite?"
The shopkeeper says, "No, my dog does not bit."
The woman tries to pet the dog and the dog bites her.
"Ouch!" She says, "I thought you said your dog does not bite!"
The shopkeeper replies, "That is not my dog!"
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