anchor
1. a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving (Freq. 3) • Syn: ground tackle • Hypernyms: hook, claw • Hyponyms: grapnel, grapnel anchor, mooring anchor, mushroom anchor, sheet anchor, waist anchor • Part Holonyms: vessel, watercraft • Part Meronyms: fluke, flue, shank, stem 2. a central cohesive source of support and stability (Freq. 1) - faith is his anchor - the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money - he is the linchpin of this firm • Syn: mainstay, keystone, backbone, linchpin, lynchpin • Hypernyms: support 3. a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute • Syn: anchorman, anchorperson • Hypernyms: television reporter, television newscaster, TV reporter, TV newsman
1. fix firmly and stably (Freq. 3) - anchor the lamppost in concrete • Syn: ground • Hypernyms: fasten, fix, secure • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something - Something ----s something 2. secure a vessel with an anchor (Freq. 3) - We anchored at Baltimore • Syn: cast anchor, drop anchor • Derivationally related forms: anchorage • Hypernyms: fasten, fix, secure • Verb Frames: - Something ----s - Somebody ----s - Somebody ----s PP - Somebody ----s something
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