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Word: Anchor
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
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
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈaŋkə
Dialects: British English
Definition:
moor (a ship) to the sea bottom with an anchor
Short Definition:moor ship with anchor
Examples:- the ship was anchored in the lee of the island
- we anchored in the harbour
Definition:
present and coordinate (a television or radio programme)
Short Definition:present programme
Examples:- she anchored a television documentary series in the early 1980s
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