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    [Noun]  | "an*chor" | \ ˈaŋ-kər \


    1: a device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom

    2: a reliable or principal support : mainstay

    3: something that serves to hold an object firmly

    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English ancre, from Old English ancor, from Latin anchora, from Greek ankyra; akin to Old English anga hook {mat|angle|};

    [Noun]  | "sea anchor" 


    1: a drag typically made of canvas that is thrown overboard to slow the drifting of a ship or seaplane and to keep its bow or nose to the wind

    Origin: 1769 ;

    [Noun]  | "sheet anchor" 


    1: a large strong anchor formerly carried in the waist of a ship and used as a spare in an emergency

    2: something that constitutes a main support or dependence especially in danger

    Origin: 1626 ;

     Alteration of earlier shoot anchor, from Middle English shute anker;

    [Noun]  | "co*an*chor" | \ ˈkō-ˌaŋ-kər \


    1: a newscaster who shares the duties of anchoring a news broadcast

    Origin: 1971 ;

    [Verb]  | "anchor" 


    1: to hold in place in the water by an anchor

    2: to secure firmly : fix

    3: to act or serve as an anchor for

    Origin: 13th century ;

     See: {anchor:1 };

    [Idiom]  | "weigh anchor" 


    1: to lift the anchor

    [Noun]  | "anchor" 


    1: one who reads and introduces news reports on a news program;


      * e.g., " ... the news anchor coordinated the reports of the correspondents from around the state "



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    2: something or someone to which one looks for support;


      * e.g., " ... my best friend has been my anchor throughout this crisis "



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    [Verb]  | "anchor" 


    1: to put securely in place or in a desired position;


      * e.g., " ... used ropes and sandbags to anchor the hot-air balloon to the ground "




    2: to stop at or near a place along the shore;


      * e.g., " ... we'll anchor at Praia, Cape Verde "



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    [Verb]  | "weighs (anchor)" 


    1: as in embarks;



    [Verb]  | "weighed (anchor)" 


    1: as in embarked;



    [Verb]  | "weigh (anchor)" 


    1: as in embark;



    [Verb]  | "weighing (anchor)" 


    1: as in embarking;



     [ "anchor" ]

    1: The last person to go during a relay.

      * e.g.,  ... Ex. Swimming relay. 

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    2: The strongest or fastest competetor on the team, meant to pick up the slack at the last second.

      * e.g.,  ... Put Sarah as the anchor, she's got the fastest time. 

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    1: To wait. Anchoring - waiting.

      * e.g.,  ... "Guy, I need to go get some coin from the atm. You comming?" 

     [ "anchor" ]

    1: When your poop has so much iron in it that when you get up and look at it, it already slid all the way down the toilet.

      * e.g.,  ... Guy #1: "Dude, it felt like a gnarly turd, but when I got up, there wasn't anything in the toilet..." Guy #2: "Bro, that's what you call an 'anchor'." 

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    1: A female so obese, she could easily anchor a cruise liner.

      * e.g.,  ... Dude, did you see that anchor? Her lung capacity must be astounding, being underwater days at a time! 

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    1: The guy on the bottom of a gangbang who keeps the girl's ass or pussy plugged while his bruhs unload in her.

      * e.g.,  ... Dude: "I was Katie's anchor at the party last night." Pete: "Anchor, you mean you had her back?" Dude: "Na, I kept her plugged while Jimmy, Freddie and Billy creampied her." Pete: "Disgusting, Dude!" Dude: "So says you . . ." 

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    1: a person who oversees and coordinates a news cast

      * e.g.,  ... The anchor messed up badly last night. 

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    1: anchor is a reminder of attraction when dating

      * e.g.,  ... the player may use his pen as an anchor to have her remember when she gave him her number 

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    1: Using a trusted lubricant, this is when a sexual partner fists his/her partner and opens his fist up(also called an explosion). As the fingers are extended he/she attempts to pull out, sometimes resulting in a pink sock.

      * e.g.,  ... As i was fisting myself, i opened my hand up into and anchor and pulled out my asshole. 

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    1: Refering to a mans body hair style, the anchor goes across the chest, down from the neck and around up the arse crack completing the shape of an anchor.

      * e.g.,  ... Does your boyfriend have lots of body hair? 

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    1: A person or feeling one uses to keep his or herself grounded or in a calm state when things are not well.

      * e.g.,  ... He's my anchor. You know, he keeps me calm on days everything seems to go wrong. 

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