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Definition of anchor
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anchor
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Definition of anchor (Entry 2 of 2)
Illustration of anchor
Noun
anchor 1: A yachtsman's: 1 ring, 2 stock, 3 shank, 4 bill, 5 fluke, 6 arm, 7 throat, 8 crown; B fluke; C grapnel; D plow; E mushroom
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Other Words from anchor
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Synonyms & Antonyms for anchor
Synonyms: Noun
anchorperson, newscaster, newsreader [chiefly British]
Synonyms: Verb
catch, clamp, fasten, fix, hitch, moor, secure, set
Antonyms: Verb
loose, loosen, unfasten, unfix, unloose, unloosen
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Examples of anchor in a Sentence
Noun
The ship dropped anchor in a secluded harbor. He described his wife as the emotional anchor of his life. a local bank that has been the financial anchor of the communityVerb
They anchored the ship in the bay. The ship anchored in the bay. a star quarterback who has anchored the team's offense for many years
Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Turkish Football claim the Lions recently sent an official from Istanbul, n order to speak with a number of targets based in England, including the want-away Arsenal anchor man. — SI.com, "Mohamed Elneny Fuels Arsenal Exit Speculation as Agent Is Pictured in London," 16 Aug. 2019 On Wednesday morning, Dietz subbed for WJR veteran radio anchor Paul W. Smith in the 5-9 a.m. morning drive slot. — Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, "Ex-Detroit TV reporter Kevin Dietz returns to airwaves as WJR fill-in host," 14 Aug. 2019 That might turn WeWork’s bustling offices into ghost towns and make the $47 billion in lease obligations a crippling anchor. — Tim Logan, BostonGlobe.com, "Five things we just learned about WeWork," 14 Aug. 2019 Down in Rossland, the region’s other anchor town, bed down at the brand-new Josie Hotel, at the foot of Red Mountain, the perfect base camp from which to wander the town’s backyard trail network. — Outside Online, "The Best Places to Savor Fall in British Columbia," 14 Aug. 2019 Reese, Jennifer, and Steve are rumored to play co-anchors on a daily news show, but the roles of the other actors in the series have not yet been revealed. — Kelly O'sullivan, Country Living, "Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston's 'The Morning Show' Looks Seriously Intense," 13 Aug. 2019 The others present were TV anchors Katie Couric and George Stephanopoulos and comedian Chelsea Handler, the Daily Beast said. — Martha Ross, The Mercury News, "Jeffrey Epstein boasted that Woody Allen and others privately stayed friends," 13 Aug. 2019 Fishing boat anchors can also scar and break the corals below. — Ashley Strickland, CNN, "Scientists studied 2,500 coral reefs to figure out how to save them," 12 Aug. 2019 In warm prehistoric seas, a subset of these behemoths used their anchor-like stems to grip floating logs and surf in colonies hundreds strong. — Raleigh Mcelvery, Smithsonian, "Ancient Sea Life May Have Hitched Across Oceans on Giant Living Rafts," 12 Aug. 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
Now, she has been named president of New York Theological Seminary and is tasked with steering the century-old institution, anchored in Morningside Heights, through a precarious moment. — New York Times, "A First at a Century-Old Seminary: A Black Woman Takes Charge," 2 Aug. 2019 The specific millennials these selectors target also have increasingly hardened musical tastes, anchored in the early to mid-2000s. — Charlie Harding, Vox, "Why every small-plates restaurant has the same playlist," 2 Aug. 2019 Manuel, who had the lead before the final leg, anchored in 52.37. — David Woods, Indianapolis Star, "Aussies edge Team USA, Lilly King in mixed medley relay at worlds," 24 July 2019 Art museums now seem to feel that topical relevance is somehow served by appending recent art to exhibitions otherwise anchored in a historical epoch. — Los Angeles Times, "Review: Unicorns are just one of the wild rides in the Getty’s marvelous ‘Book of Beasts’," 23 July 2019 Soaring 710 feet and anchored in Navajo sandstone, the dam was conceived in desert thirst, born into controversy, and swaddled in argument. — John D'anna, azcentral, "For a while in 1983, sheets of plywood were all that kept the mighty Glen Canyon Dam from overflowing," 18 July 2019 Fencing with slats anchored more than eight feet in the ground with limited cross bars provide a barrier around schools. — Chevall Pryce, Houston Chronicle, "Former Cy-Fair ISD police chief speaks on the future of school safety," 5 July 2019 Burkean conservatives saw order as something institutional, anchored in restraint and hierarchy. — The Economist, "Conservatism is fighting for its life against reactionary nationalism," 4 July 2019 McCarthy has created a world that at times feels as intimate as any stage production and at other points takes on a grandeur accented with enough reminders to keep the film anchored in a safe literary harbor. — Rick Bentley, chicagotribune.com, "‘Ophelia’ review: Daisy Ridley breathes life into Shakespeare role not relegated to Hamlet’s girlfriend," 3 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'anchor.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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