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- Dictionaryan·chor/ˈaNGkər/
noun
- 1. a heavy object attached to a rope or chain and used to moor a vessel to the sea bottom, typically one having a metal shank with a ring at one end for the rope and a pair of curved and/or barbed flukes at the other: "the boat, no longer held fast by its anchor, swung wildly"
- 2. an anchorman or anchorwoman, especially in broadcasting or athletics: North American "he signed off after nineteen years as CBS news anchor" Similar
verb
- 1. moor (a ship) to the sea bottom with an anchor: "the ship was anchored in the lee of the island" Similar
- 2. act as an anchor for (a television program or sporting event): North American "she anchored a television documentary series in the early 1980s"
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