anchor

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

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

II - verb

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

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  anchorman, anchorperson, mainstay, keystone, backbone, linchpin, lynchpin, ground tackle, cast anchor, drop anchor, ground