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anchor

 
Noun anchor has 3 senses
  1. anchor, ground tackle - a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving
    --1 is a kind of hook, claw
    --1 is a part of vessel, watercraft
    --1 has parts: fluke, flue; shank, stem
    --1 has particulars:
     grapnel, grapnel anchor; mooring anchor; mushroom anchor; sheet anchor, waist anchor
    Derived form: verb anchor2
  2. anchor, mainstay, keystone, backbone, linchpin, lynchpin - 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"
    --2 is a kind of support
    Derived form: verb anchor1
  3. anchor, anchorman, anchorperson - a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute
    --3 is a kind of television reporter, television newscaster, TV reporter, TV newsman
Verb anchor has 2 senses
  1. anchor, ground - fix firmly and stably; "anchor the lamppost in concrete"
    --1 is one way to fasten, fix, secure
    Derived form: noun anchor2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  2. anchor, cast anchor, drop anchor - secure a vessel with an anchor; "We anchored at Baltimore"
    --2 is one way to fasten, fix, secure
    Derived forms: noun anchor1, noun anchorage3, noun anchorage4
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s PP
    => Somebody ----s something
ancestors ancestral ancestress ancestrity ancestry anchalee anchestor anchor-shaped anchor anchor buoy anchor chain anchor light anchor man anchor ring anchorage anchorage ground anchored

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