- anchor, ground tackle - a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving
--1 is a kind of hook, claw
--1 is a part of vessel, watercraft
--1 has parts: fluke, flue; shank, stem
--1 has particulars:grapnel, grapnel anchor; mooring anchor; mushroom anchor; sheet anchor, waist anchor Derived form: verb anchor2 - anchor, mainstay, keystone, backbone, linchpin, lynchpin - 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"
--2 is a kind of support
Derived form: verb anchor1 - anchor, anchorman, anchorperson - a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute
--3 is a kind of television reporter, television newscaster, TV reporter, TV newsman
- anchor, ground - fix firmly and stably; "anchor the lamppost in concrete"
--1 is one way to fasten, fix, secure
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun anchor2
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- anchor, cast anchor, drop anchor - secure a vessel with an anchor; "We anchored at Baltimore"
--2 is one way to fasten, fix, secure
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun anchor1, noun anchorage3, noun anchorage4
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
=> Somebody ----s something