I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
anchor store
riding at anchor
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There was a large ship riding at anchor in the bay.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
news
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Emerald Yeh, the news anchor , wanted to do a telephone piece.
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Earnest questions were asked by the news anchor , and earnest answers were given by the consultants.
■ VERB
drop
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Giglio is equally charming, although you need to be careful when dropping an anchor .
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While Pottz tacked to and fro energetically seeking out the elusive peak, Richie dropped anchor and contemplated the horizon.
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We dropped anchor there, and the fishermen disappeared back into harbour, leaving us to our fate.
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On June 9, 1741, the Centurion dropped anchor at last at Juan Fernandez.
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Clayt was forced to drop anchor in open water.
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The ship finally dropped anchor at a beautiful isle of the Marquesas.
weigh
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We weighed anchor next morning and sailed down the fiord on a calm sea.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
drop anchor
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Clayt was forced to drop anchor in open water.
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Everybody said that Floyd Johnson probably dropped anchor somewhere to wait to the next day instead of coming in in the fog.
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On June 9, 1741, the Centurion dropped anchor at last at Juan Fernandez.
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The ship finally dropped anchor at a beautiful isle of the Marquesas.
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We dropped anchor there, and the fishermen disappeared back into harbour, leaving us to our fate.
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While Pottz tacked to and fro energetically seeking out the elusive peak, Richie dropped anchor and contemplated the horizon.
weigh anchor
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It was time to weigh anchor on the cruise to Alaska.
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We weighed anchor next morning and sailed down the fiord on a calm sea.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He was the anchor for the BBC's nine o'clock news for over 10 years.
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These ancient trees are a spiritual anchor that our culture needs to hold on to.
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We dropped anchor a few yards offshore.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As she waited, she began to study the anchor cables around her.
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Finally on the fourth day one of the anchor ropes sheered through and we lost that anchor to the gale.
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He was martyred when thrown into the Black Sea with an anchor tied to him.
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His one serious anchor was the friendship with Madame Phan.
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Neither parliament nor the law was open, though these provided both soaring fame and a practical anchor for similarly gifted men.
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The anchors are usually linked by sundry cords and tapes of varying age and wear.
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The weather segments also give the anchors a chance to banter with the weather people and lighten the proceedings.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
off
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Having made Winter Marsh from the Crouch I anchored off a shallow bay and rowed ashore in the dinghy.
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A naval ship was also anchored off the hotel's beach.
■ NOUN
ship
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If words had weight, a single sentence from Death would have anchored a ship .
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The immense dumbbell-shape drew closer, almost languidly there out a wide-focus tractor beam, and anchored our two ships together.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Captain Cook anchored in Opunohu Bay in the 1760s.
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The new company will be anchored by the Hobart food-equipment group.
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The new hour-long program is anchored by Mark McEwen.
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The panel was firmly anchored by two large bolts.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Designers are considering enlarging and strengthening the concrete foundations, and anchoring them into Bay soils with steel pilings.
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I use long lengths of floating row cover, anchored with bricks and stones, on annual and perennial beds.
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If words had weight, a single sentence from Death would have anchored a ship.
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The importance of self-esteem To be assertive you need to have your self-esteem well anchored.
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We anchored about fifty yards away.