Anchor synonyms and antonyms

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attach
The definition of attach is to make oneself connected or known or to personally connect through strong feelings of kindness and caring.
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safeguard
To protect or guard
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killick
A small anchor; often, an anchor weighted with or using a stone
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hold
A telephone service that allows one to temporarily interrupt a call without severing the connection.
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drag anchor
A device to keep a vessel from drifting
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stay
The definition of a stay is a visit somewhere.
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heave the hook
To drop an anchor
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trip
(Intransitive) To be activated, as by a signal or an event.
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drop anchor
secure a vessel with an anchor
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protection
The process of keeping (something or someone) safe.
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make port
To drop an anchor
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killock
A kind of anchor formed by a stone enclosed by pieces of wood fastened together.
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connect
To provide with a circuit for communicating by telephone
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fasten
Fasten is defined as to join one thing to another, or to secure.
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fix
To put into a stable or unalterable form:
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windlass (related)
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tie
To fasten, attach, or bind together or to something else, as with string, cord, or rope made secure by knotting, etc.
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cast anchor
secure a vessel with an anchor
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anchor-chain (related)
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fairlead (related)
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eyebolt (related)
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buoy (related)
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outrigger (related)
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sea-anchor
(Nautical) A parachute-like device designed to slow down the speed of a drifting ship or boat.
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bow anchor
A device to keep a vessel from drifting
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waist anchor
A device to keep a vessel from drifting
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stockless anchor
A device to keep a vessel from drifting
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move (related)
To be disposed of by sale:
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bower
A muscle that bends a limb, especially the arm.
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mooring
The act of a person or thing that moors
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pillar
An essential part of something that provides support.
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staff
The definition of a staff is a long stick used for walking or a group of workers.
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grip
A tight hold; a firm grasp:
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defense
Defense is defined as protection or the act of guarding.
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foothold
The definition of a foothold is a place of stability where you can put your foot while climbing or the state of being secure enough to move forward.
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tie-up
To drop an anchor
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lay anchor
To drop an anchor
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foul the anchor
To drop an anchor
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carry out the anchor
To drop an anchor
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grapline
A grapnel (small anch).
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hawse
The space between the bow of an anchored vessel and the point on the surface directly above the anchor
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hawser
A cable or rope used in mooring or towing a ship.
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bind
To compel, as by oath, legal restraint, or contract
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ground
To touch or reach the ground.
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hook
The definition of a hook is a bent piece of material used for hanging things or catching fish, or something intended to get attention.
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kedge
A light anchor, used esp. in kedging a ship
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ballast
To lay ballast on the bed of a railroad track.
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berth
To bring (a ship or vehicle) into its berth
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grapnel
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rivet
Rivet is defined as to secure things together, especially with a hammer.
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secure
To make certain; ensure:
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support
To assume and carry successfully, as the part of an actor; to represent or act; to sustain.
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moor
Moor means to secure something in place.
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anchorman
A man or, occas., woman who anchors a team, newscast, etc.
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detach (antonym)
(Military) To separate for a special object or use.
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dock
To join up with another vehicle in outer space
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weigh
To lift or balance (an object) in the hand or hands, in order to estimate its heaviness or weight
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mushroom-anchor
An anchor with a shape resembling a mushroom used in mud or silt.
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mainstay
The definition of a mainstay is something that is depended on, or something that is necessary.
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belay
The definition of a belay is something to which a person or rope is secured.
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ground-tackle
(Nautical) equipment, such as anchors, cables, or windlasses, for mooring a vessel away from a pier or other fixed moorings.
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keystone
The central supporting element of a whole.
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backbone
Strength of character; determination:
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linchpin
A central cohesive element:
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lynchpin
A pin inserted through holes at the end of an axle, so as to secure a wheel
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security
Protection or defense against attack, interference, espionage, etc.
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cramp
Spasmodic contractions of the uterus, such as those occurring during menstruation or labor, usually causing pain in the abdomen that may radiate to the lower back and thighs.
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(small) kedge
Anything that holds
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crown
The highest, primary, or most valuable part, attribute, or state:
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drogue
A funnel-shaped or cone-shaped device towed behind an aircraft as a target.
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plant
To deliver (a punch or blow).
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loosen (antonym)
To become loose or looser:
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unfasten (antonym)
(Intransitive) To come untied or unloosed.
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let-go (antonym)
(Intransitive, with of and , with object before go) To release from one's grasp; to go from a state of holding on to a state of no longer holding on.
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catch
To grasp mentally; apprehend:
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anchorperson
A person who anchors a newscast
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moorings
Plural form of mooring
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fastener
A device, such as a clip, pin, or clasp, that attaches something firmly to something else.
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commentator
One who writes or delivers a commentary or commentaries.
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anchorwoman
A female anchorperson
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bring a ship in
To drop an anchor
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sail (antonym)
To set sail; to begin a voyage.
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weigh-anchor (antonym)
(Nautical) to raise the anchor from the seabed prior to getting under way
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set out for sea (antonym)
To drop an anchor
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reporter (related)
Agent noun of report; someone or something that reports.
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make-fast
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mudhook
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  • You'd just loop your line through a set up or a fixed anchor and rappel down.

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  • Tying her chosen anchor to one end of the rope, she sat to eat her sugary cube, checked again for the monster, and leaned out of the cave.

  • According to Strabo he was the first to invent an anchor with two flukes.

  • The area of each anchor plate, normal to the line of stress, is 32 ft.

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