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Meaning of anchored

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

anchored

verb

Definitions

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

  2. To cast anchor; to come to anchor.

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

  3. To stop; to fix or rest.

  4. To provide emotional stability for a person in distress.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Having the extremities turned back, like the flukes of an anchor.

    Example: an anchored cross