Synonym: attach, fasten, fix, secure. Similar words: ranch, branch, franchise, bunch, bench, punch, launch, French. Meaning: ['æŋkə] 
n. 1. a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving 2. a central cohesive source of support and stability 3. a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute. v. 1. fix firmly and stably 2. secure a vessel with an anchor.
n. 1. a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving 2. a central cohesive source of support and stability 3. a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute. v. 1. fix firmly and stably 2. secure a vessel with an anchor. 
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(121) In December, Vitro injected $ 126 million into Anchor to revamp its finances and operations.
(122) As she waited, she began to study the anchor cables around her.
(123) His one serious anchor was the friendship with Madame Phan.
(124) Residents supporting the ￡1.2m Anchor International scheme backed by Middlesbrough Council clashed with the project's opponents on the common.
(125) One spring morning two anchor bolts were inserted in the footings that were to receive the first steel column.
(126) Having thus tested the strength of the main anchor, the last person down can remove the back-up before abseiling.
(127) The side pockets can be filled with sand and pebbles to anchor the tent if it's breezy.
(128) Wednesday, Molinari fielded question after question about her presumed lack of bias in the anchor role.
(129) Your kneecaps are my anchor in the stormy sea of life.
(130) A low camera angle can make a slight anchor look imposing.
(131) Some people think Sawyer would make a lousy anchor because of her occasional lapses into tabloid tawdriness.
(132) This limits the potential rigour of design because the anchor of skill training is the specification of the objectives.
(133) Earnest questions were asked by the news anchor, and earnest answers were given by the consultants.
(134) I made Joanna respectable by putting up my anchor lantern, made myself a mug of cocoa, and turned in.
(135) We shuttle back and forth between the large department stores that anchor the mall.
(136) The artist then laboriously traces the outline of the image placing anchor points and stretching the curves or lines between them.
(137) While Pottz tacked to and fro energetically seeking out the elusive peak, Richie dropped anchor and contemplated the horizon.
(138) The wildcat should be fitted in with anchor chain.
(139) He provided an emotional anchor for her.
(140) My car is lie at anchor.
(141) Install guide plate and adjuster cable on anchor pin.
(142) You must anchor clear of fairway.sentencedict.com/anchor.html
(143) Do this again for the left anchor point.
(144) Overall plan, structure design, and application of clamper on hydraulic anchor drill MD-100 are introduced.
(145) The first column contains the announcement title, which is constructed as an XHTML anchor element that links to the announcement's detail page.
(146) A necklace sea star nestles among the C-shaped emerald tentacles of anchor coral in the western Pacific Ocean.
(147) But a potentially less expensive and even simpler approach, according to the NIST, NRL and UMD team, might be to use a string of adenine nucleotides as an anchor.
(148) But for thoroughly solving the problem, the diameter of anchor hole should be enlarged further or non-binding stranded steel wire should be used.
(149) To ensure operation of transmission line safely, the arcing gap of insulator was developed and installed, and arrester was installed one after another on anchor tower and high tower.
(150) If one schema has an anchor to "name" and the other to "identifier", a machine can navigate WordNet automatically to recognize the lexical similarity of those terms.