Look up: anchor

1. Anchor
   Anchor is slang for a juror who has been bribed to influence other jurors to vote for an acquittal.
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2. 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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3. Anchor
   To secure a set piece to the stage floor.
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4. Anchor
   In a HTML page content, an area which is the source or destination of a hypertext link.
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5. Anchor
   The position were the hand that draws the bow string is positioned when at full draw.
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6. 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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7. Anchor
   A weighty grappling hook used for holding a ship fast.
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8. Anchor
   a metal hook that holds a boat to the sea bed
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9. 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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10. 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 -...
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11. anchor
    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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12. 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<...
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13. 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 ...
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14. 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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15. Anchor
    An'chor noun [ Middle English anker , ancre , Anglo-Saxon ancra , from Latin anachoreta . See Anchoret .] An anchoret. [ Obsolete] Shak.
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16. 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 b...
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17. anchor
    ground tackle noun a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving
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18. 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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19. anchor
    anchorman noun a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute
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20. anchor
    cast anchor verb secure a vessel with an anchor; `We anchored at Baltimore`
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21. 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 adjoinin...
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22. 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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23. anchor
    device, usually of metal, attached to a ship or boat by a cable or chain and lowered to the seabed to hold the vessel in a particular place by means ...
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24. Anchor
    An object designed to grip the ground, under a body of water, to hold the boat in a selected area
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25. Anchor
    Device for securing portable buildings to ground.
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