English | French |
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anchor | ancre |
anchor | ancrons |
anchor | ancrent |
anchor | portant |
anchor | ancrez |
anchor | quille (d`un navire) |
anchor | refuge |
anchor | jeter l`ancre |
anchor | être à l`ancre |
anchor | mouiller |
anchor | accoster |
anchor | ancrer |
anchor | fixer |
English - Wordnet 3.0 | |
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NOUN (3) 1. a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving; [syn: anchor, ground tackle] 2. a central cohesive source of support and stability; - Example: "faith is his anchor" - Example: "the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money" - Example: "he is the linchpin of this firm" [syn: anchor, mainstay, keystone, backbone, linchpin, lynchpin] 3. a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute; [syn: anchor, anchorman, anchorperson] VERB (2) 1. fix firmly and stably; - Example: "anchor the lamppost in concrete" [syn: anchor, ground] 2. secure a vessel with an anchor; - Example: "We anchored at Baltimore" [syn: anchor, cast anchor, drop anchor] |