anchored

We have found lemma(root) word of anchored : anchor.

Definitions


[ˈaŋkə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a heavy object attached to a cable or chain and used to moor a ship to the sea bottom, typically having a metal shank with a pair of curved, barbed flukes at one end
(e.g: the boat, no longer held fast by its anchor, swung wildly)

- an anchorman or anchorwoman
(e.g: he signed off after nineteen years as CBS news anchor)


Phrases:
- at anchor
- drop anchor
- weigh anchor

Origin:
Old English ancor, ancra, via Latin from Greek ankura; reinforced in Middle English by Old French ancre. The current form is from anchora, an erroneous Latin spelling. The verb (from Old French ancrer) dates from Middle English


[ˈaŋkə], (Verb)

Definitions:
- moor (a ship) to the sea bottom with an anchor
(e.g: the ship was anchored in the lee of the island)

- present and coordinate (a television or radio programme)
(e.g: she anchored a television documentary series in the early 1980s)


Phrases:
- at anchor
- drop anchor
- weigh anchor

Origin:
Old English ancor, ancra, via Latin from Greek ankura; reinforced in Middle English by Old French ancre. The current form is from anchora, an erroneous Latin spelling. The verb (from Old French ancrer) dates from Middle English




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