anchored

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English

Definitions

verb

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.

adjective

Having the extremities turned back, like the flukes of an anchor.“an anchored cross”

Related words

Synonyms

bog down embog enmire drop anchor affix fix host present support cease hold ground tackle cast anchor linchpin ground lynchpin anchorman anchorperson

Associated

sears newscast mayflower anchors anchor ashore leyte supermarket cnn mall relay harbour

Rhymes

cankered tankard hankered slankard frank heard hank heard

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