What is the meaning of ANCHOR. Phrases containing ANCHOR
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Anchors is British slang for brakes.
Anchor is slang for a juror who has been bribed to influence other jurors to vote for an acquittal. Anchor is slang for a stay of execution.Anchor was old slang for a pick−axe.Anchor is American naval slang for the lowest−ranking class member at the United States NavalAcademy.Anchor is American business slang for the main component of a shopping mall or complex.
Anchors away is British rhyming slang for homosexual (gay).
Set hand brakes on still cars; the opposite is release anchors
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The hold or grip of an anchor, or that to which it holds.
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Same as Anchoret.
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Without an anchor or stay. Hence: Drifting; unsettled.
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Abode of an anchoret.
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Something which holds like an anchor; a hold; as, the anchorages of the Brooklyn Bridge.
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The set of anchors belonging to a ship.
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Alt. of Anchorite
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A female anchoret.
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Held by an anchor; at anchor; held safely; as, an anchored bark; also, shaped like an anchor; forked; as, an anchored tongue.
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A toll for anchoring; anchorage duties.
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A place suitable for anchoring or where ships anchor; a hold for an anchor.
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Anchor-shaped.
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Alt. of Anchoretical
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An anchoress.
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Pertaining to an anchoret or hermit; after the manner of an anchoret.
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Having the extremities turned back, like the flukes of an anchor; as, an anchored cross.
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A large anchor stowed on shores outside the waist of a vessel; -- called also waist anchor. See the Note under Anchor.
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The practice or mode of life of an anchoret.
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The act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor.
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Fit for anchorage.
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