OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 3526

anchor

/ˈæŋ.kə/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
ancla • anclote • jierro • rezón • rizón • áncora
A tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a sea or river to resist movement.
Men that I knew around Wapatomac didn't wear high, shiny plug hats, nor yeller spring overcoats, nor carry canes with ivory heads as big as a catboat's anchor, as you might say.
presentador
An anchorman or anchorwoman.
Condoleezza Rice pops up on Fox to be told by the anchor: “When you invade a sovereign nation, that is a war crime.”
Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 3527

anchor

/ˈæŋ.kə/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
anclar • ancorar • fondear
To connect an object, especially a ship or a boat, to a fixed point.
apoyar
To provide emotional stability for a person in distress.