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anchored

verb

Meaning

  1. To connect an object, especially a ship or a boat, to a fixed point.
  2. To cast anchor; to come to anchor.
  3. To stop; to fix or rest.
  4. To provide emotional stability for a person in distress.
  5. To perform as an anchorman or anchorwoman.
  6. To be stuck; to be unable to move away from a position.
  7. Having the extremities turned back, like the flukes of an anchor.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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