Look up: anchor

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   Anchor
   An anchor is a heavy implement used for securing boats at sea.
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   Anchor
   Anchor is a township in McLean County Illinois, USA. Anchor is a village in McLean County Illinois, USA.
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   anchor
   [n] - a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute 2. [n] - a central cohesive source of support and stability 3. [n] - a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving 4. [v] - fix firmly and stably 5. [v] - secure a vessel with an anchor
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   Anchor
   To secure a set piece to the stage floor.
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   Anchor
   In a HTML page content, an area which is the source or destination of a hypertext link.
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   Anchor
   The position were the hand that draws the bow string is positioned when at full draw.
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   Anchor
   Any type of hook or weight used to grip the bottom and attached by a cable prevent the boats drifting. There are different types of anchors.
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   Anchor
   A weighty grappling hook used for holding a ship fast.
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   Anchor
   a metal hook that holds a boat to the sea bed
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    Anchor
    Any stimulus that is associated with a specific response. Anchors happen naturally, and they can also be set up intentionally, for example, ringing a bell to get peoples attention, or more subtly, standing in a particular place when answering questions.
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    anchor
    (hypertext) (Or 'hyperlink', 'button', formerly 'span', 'region', 'extent') An area within the content of a hypertext node (e.g. a web page) which is the source or destination of a link. A source anchor may be a word, phrase, image or the whole node. A destination anchor may be a whole node or some position within the node. A hypertext browser us...
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    anchor
    used for mooring ships of all tonnages,buoys,beacons,floating mines,etc. Category: Iron and steel industries • To lower the anchor on to the sea bottom so as to secure the vessel in an approximately constant position relative to the seabed. Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • A heavy forging or casting comprising a shank with large shac...
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    A feature that connects a frame or framed object to a paragraph. Anchors can be Locked or Unlocked. A frame is always anchored to a paragraph. Locking an anchor to a specific paragraph ensures that the frame always appears on the same page as the paragraph to which it is anchored.
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    Anchor
    An'chor (ăn'kẽr) noun [ Middle English anker , Anglo-Saxon ancor , oncer , Latin ancora , sometimes spelt anchora , from Greek 'a`gkyra , akin to English angle : confer French ancre . See Angle , noun ] 1. A iron instrument which is attached to a ship by a cable (rope or chain), and wh ...
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    Anchor
    An'chor transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Anchored ; present participle & verbal noun Anchoring .] [ Confer French ancrer .] 1. To place at anchor; to secure by an anchor; as, to anchor a ship. 2. To fix or fasten; to fix in a stable condition; as, to anchor the cables of a suspension ...
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    Anchor
    An'chor intransitive verb 1. To cast anchor; to come to anchor; as, our ship (or the captain) anchored in the stream. 2. To stop; to fix or rest. « My invention . . . anchors on Isabel. Shak. »
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    Anchor
    An'chor noun [ Middle English anker , ancre , Anglo-Saxon ancra , from Latin anachoreta . See Anchoret .] An anchoret. [ Obsolete] Shak.
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    anchor
    1. A iron instrument which is attached to a ship by a cable (rope or chain), and which, being cast overboard, lays hold of the earth by a fluke or hook and thus retains the ship in a particular station. ... The common anchor consists of a straight bar called a shank, having at one end a transverse bar called a stock, above which is a ring for the ca ...
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    anchor
    ground tackle noun a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving
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    anchor
    mainstay noun a central cohesive source of support and stability; `faith is his anchor`; `the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money`; `he is the linchpin of this firm`
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    anchor
    anchorman noun a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute
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    anchor
    cast anchor verb secure a vessel with an anchor; `We anchored at Baltimore`
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    Anchor
    An `anchor` is an object, often made out of metal, that is used to attach a ship to the bottom of a body of water at a specific point. There are two primary classes of anchors`temporary and permanent. A permanent anchor is often called a `mooring`, and is rarely moved; it is quite possible the vessel cannot hoist it aboard but must hire a service to move or maintain it. A temporary anchor is usually carried by the vessel, and hoisted aboard whene...
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    Anchor
    • (n.) One of the anchor-shaped spicules of certain sponges; also, one of the calcareous spinules of certain Holothurians, as in species of Synapta. • (v. t.) To place at anchor; to secure by an anchor; as, to anchor a ship. • (n.) An anchoret. • (n.) A metal tie holding adjoining parts of a building together. • (n.) An emb...
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    anchor
    (from the article `computer programming language`) HTML documents also contain anchors, which are tags that specify links to other Web pages. An anchor has the form <A HREF= ...
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