Anchored - English meaning

Anchored – definitions in English dictionary

verb
Moor (a ship) to the sea bottom with an anchor.
Usage examples:
The ship was anchored in the lee of the island
Synonims:
Moor Berth Harbour Be at anchor Tie up Cast anchor Drop anchor
verb
Present and coordinate (a television or radio programme).
Usage examples:
She anchored a television documentary series in the early 1980s

noun
A heavy object attached to a cable or chain and used to moor a ship to the sea bottom, typically having a metal shank with a pair of curved, barbed flukes at one end.
Usage examples:
The boat, no longer held fast by its anchor, swung wildly

noun
An anchorman or anchorwoman.
Usage examples:
He signed off after nineteen years as cbs news anchor

verb
Past simple and past participle of anchor
Usage examples:
We anchored ourselves to the rocks with a rope., she will anchor the new morning news show., he won…

Anchored translation into English

Anchored: translate from English into Chinese

锚定

Anchored: translate from English into Dutch

Verankerd, Ten anker, Beproefd, Zeker

Anchored: translate from English into French

Ancré

Anchored: translate from English into German

Verankert

Anchored: translate from English into Hindi

लंगर

Anchored: translate from English into Italian

Ancorato

Anchored: translate from English into Korean

정박, 닻을 내린

Anchored: translate from English into Russian

Закрепленный, Стоящий на якоре, Верный, Надежный

Anchored: translate from English into Spanish

Anclado, Fiel

Word origin

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 Fr

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Anchored – similar words

anchorable

adjective
Of a vessel: capable of being anchored. of the sea, a depth of water, etc.: suitable for anchoring vessels.

Anchorable - all meanings in English

anchor

noun
A heavy object attached to a cable or chain and used to moor a ship to the sea bottom, typically having a metal shank with a pair of curved, barbed flukes at one end.
Usage examples:
The boat, no longer held fast by its anchor, swung wildly

verb
Moor (a ship) to the sea bottom with an anchor.
Usage examples:
The ship was anchored in the lee of the island

noun
A heavy metal object attached to a boat by a rope or chain that, when dropped into the water and resting on the bottom, keeps the boat from moving
Usage examples:
We dropped the anchor and took out our fishing rods., she’s looking for a spiritual anchor., the ma…

Anchor - all meanings in English

Anchored synonims

berth

noun
A ship's allotted place at a wharf or dock.
Usage examples:
The vessel had left its berth

verb
Moor (a ship) in its allotted place.
Usage examples:
They planned to berth hms impregnable at portsmouth

noun
A bed in a boat or train, or a place for a ship or boat to stay in a port

Berth - all meanings in English

harbour

noun
A place on the coast where ships may moor in shelter, especially one protected from rough water by piers, jetties, and other artificial structures.
Usage examples:
They enjoyed fishing in the harbour

verb
Keep (a thought or feeling, typically a negative one) in one's mind, especially secretly.
Usage examples:
She started to harbour doubts about the wisdom of their journey

noun
An area of water near land where ships can stay safely and which may have equipment and services for shipping

Harbour - all meanings in English

moor

noun
A tract of open uncultivated upland, typically covered with heather.
Usage examples:
A little town in the moors

verb
Make fast (a boat) by attaching it by cable or rope to the shore or to an anchor.
Usage examples:
Twenty or so fishing boats were moored to the pierside

noun
A member of a north-western african muslim people of mixed berber and arab descent. in the 8th century they conquered the iberian peninsula, but were finally driven out of their last stronghold in granada at the end of the 15th century.
Usage examples:
For centuries córdoba was the moors' capital and one of europe's most sophisticated cities

Moor - all meanings in English

tie up

idiom
Secure with or as if with ropes

phrasal verb
Bind someone so that they cannot move or escape.
Usage examples:
Robbers tied her up and ransacked her home

phrasal verb
Occupy someone to the exclusion of any other activity.
Usage examples:
She would be tied up at the meeting all day

Tie up - all meanings in English

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