Word Finder - anchoring

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To connect an object, especially a ship or a boat, to a fixed point.

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To cast anchor; to come to anchor.

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Our ship (or the captain) anchored in the stream.

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To stop; to fix or rest.

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To provide emotional stability for a person in distress.

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To perform as an anchorman or anchorwoman.

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To be stuck; to be unable to move away from a position.

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The act or means by which something is anchored or made firm.

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The tendency of people to place subsequently refined answers to a given question close to the initially estimated answer, giving unduly weight to the initial answer, such as adjusting the initial estimate of "20%" to "30%" when "90%" would be more appropriate.

Make sure you are anchoring your tracks to a stud or ceiling joist.

She brought the machete down with a dull thud, anchoring the blade in the log.

As a permanent home the spider makes beneath the surface a thimble-shaped web, with inverted mouth, anchoring it to the weeds.

Apparently Katie Couric is talented enough as a newscaster to go from co-anchoring the Today morning show for 15 years to take on the first female solo anchoring position for CBS in the evening.

In 2006, when newscaster Katie Couric was set to take over anchoring the CBS Evening News, digitally altered photographs of her were sent out in media packages.

These are responsible for anchoring the strings on your guitar and holding the pegs that you will need to pull out if you need to change your strings.

Most arrived by ship coming around the horn and with the many ships anchoring in the bay off of San Francisco.

Finally, the sense of touch is symbolized by the vertical line beneath the eye, anchoring it to the Earth below.

He sang with such passion and conviction that just tore through one's flesh, his words just anchoring the soul".

Of such probably are the toxins and antitoxins of certain infections, which, anchoring themselves not by any means indiscriminately, but to particular and concerted molecules, by such anchorage antagonize them or turn them to favourable or unfavourable issues.

On this side of the island there are but one or two possible anchoring grounds, and these only during the north-east monsoon.

The anterior antennae are fused with the anchoring attachment, whilst the posterior pair is vestigial, and the appendages of the mouth and body present various degrees of degeneration and specialization.

Impacts or factors affecting live maerl are generally not known, although damage by anchoring of oil rigs or recreational craft is possible.

In the early stages two players really stood out for me, firstly N'Galula who was anchoring the midfield well.

An onlay mesh was placed over the defect with anchoring sutures over the surrounding musculature.

Anchoring local Plaice marks Finally, the best specimen plaice marks Finally, the best specimen Plaice frequently fall to boats at anchor on good marks.

It was not for himself alone he spoke, hearing sobs from hamlet to hamlet, poverty anchoring on the land like a plague.

In particular, we have studied by DFS the role of tryptophan residues in membrane protein anchoring using synthetic WALP peptides.

Remember to double check the rules and regulations for beach use and bring small white buckets to fill with sand for anchoring the table legs, and you'll have a picture perfect seaside celebration.

A merchant vessel laden with Spanish wines was sent to Lough Swilly, and anchoring off Rathmullan, where the boy was residing in the castle of MacSweeny his foster parent, Hugh Roe with some youthful companions was enticed on board, when the ship immediately set sail and conveyed the party to Dublin.