anchor

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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. berth, slip, buoy, grapnel, kedge; mainstay, safeguard; anchorman, -woman, or -person. — v. cast anchor, moor; fix, attach, fasten; hold fast. See navigation, stability, communication, connection.

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(Roget's IV) n.

1. [A device to keep a vessel from drifting]

Syn. stay, tie, cramp, killick, grapnel, kedge, bower, mooring, drag anchor, sea anchor, bow anchor, waist anchor, mushroom anchor, stockless anchor, grappling iron, hook*.

2. [Anything that holds]

Syn. support, mainstay, ballast, safeguard, stay, security, protection, hold, tie, pillar, staff, fastener, grip, defense, protection, foothold, belay.

3. [A person who coordinates a newscast]

Syn. newscaster, commentator, anchorman, anchorwoman; see reporter .

• cast or [m1]• drop anchor ,

Syn. stay, dock, stop, stopover; see anchor 1 , stop 1 .

• weigh anchor,

Syn. depart, embark, set out; see leave 1 , sail 1 .

v.

1. [To drop an anchor]

Syn. make port, tie up, moor, berth, bring a ship in, drop anchor, cast anchor, heave the hook*, lay anchor*, foul the anchor*, carry out the anchor*.

Ant. sail*, weigh anchor, set out for sea.

2. [To make fast]

Syn. tie, secure, attach; see fasten 1 .

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(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

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n.

mooring, grapnel, hook, support, security, stability, hold, safeguard.

WORD FIND

• heaviest, released from the bow: bower

• hoist: cat, weigh

• hoisting rig: capstan, windlass

• light anchor used to free ship run aground: kedge

• prongs: flukes

• round, flukeless type: mushroom anchor

• small: kedge, grapnel, killick

• stone: killick

see ship

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v.

moor, secure, fix, cat.

ANT.: weigh anchor, release

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(Roget's Thesaurus II) verb To make secure: catch, fasten, fix, moor, secure. Idiom: make fast. See MOVE.