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anchor ăng′kər

noun

1. A heavy object attached to a vessel by a cable, rope, or chain and dropped into the water to keep the vessel in place either by its weight or by its flukes, which grip the bottom.

2. A rigid point of support, as for securing a rope.

3. A source of security or stability.

4. An athlete, usually the strongest member of a team, who performs the last stage of a relay race or other competition.

5. The person at the end of a tug-of-war team.

6. An anchorperson.

intransitive verb:

7. To secure (a vessel) with an anchor.

8. To secure with a fastener or similar device: synonym: fasten.

9. To cause to be fixed in place; fix or immobilize.

10. To cause to feel attached or secure.

11. To provide a basis for; establish or found.

12. To serve as an anchor for (a team or competition).

13. To narrate or coordinate (a newscast).

14. To provide or form an anchor store for.

15. To drop anchor or lie at anchor.


71 posted on 11/28/2023 12:48:18 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

Fine.

You’re hired.


74 posted on 11/28/2023 12:59:25 PM PST by one guy in new jersey
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