Anchored

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Anchor \An"chor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Anchored}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Anchoring}.] [Cf. F. ancrer.]
     1. To place at anchor; to secure by an anchor; as, to anchor
        a ship.
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     2. To fix or fasten; to fix in a stable condition; as, to
        anchor the cables of a suspension bridge.
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              Till that my nails were anchored in thine eyes.
                                                    --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Anchored \An"chored\, a.
     1. Held by an anchor; at anchor; held safely; as, an anchored
        bark; also, shaped like an anchor; forked; as, an anchored
        tongue.
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     2. (Her.) Having the extremities turned back, like the flukes
        of an anchor; as, an anchored cross. [Sometimes spelt
        {ancred}.]
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From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  26 Moby Thesaurus words for "anchored":
     aground, caught, chained, fast, fastened, fixed, grounded, held,
     high and dry, impacted, inextricable, jammed, moored, packed,
     riveted, set, settled, staple, stated, stranded, stuck, stuck fast,
     tethered, tied, transfixed, wedged