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• ride at anchor — To be anchored • • • Main Entry: ↑anchor * * * ride at anchor phrase if a ship rides at anchor, it is fixed to the bottom of the sea by an anchor Thesaurus: what ships and boats dohyponym Main entry …   Useful english dictionary

• ride at anchor — if a ship rides at anchor, it is fixed to the bottom of the sea by an anchor …   English dictionary

• anchor — [aŋ′kər] n. [ME anker < OE ancor < L anc(h)ora < Gr ankyra, an anchor, hook < IE base * ank , to bend > ANKLE] 1. a heavy object, usually a shaped iron weight with flukes, lowered by cable or chain to the bottom of a body of water… …   English World dictionary

• ride — ride1 [ raıd ] (past tense rode [ roud ] ; past participle rid|den [ rıdn ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 go by horse/bicycle etc. ▸ 2 travel in vehicle ▸ 3 criticize someone annoyingly ▸ 4 take part in race ▸ 5 float on water/in air ▸ + PHRASES 1. )… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• ride — 1 /raId/ verb past tense rode past participle ridden / rIdn/ 1 ANIMAL (I, T) to sit on an animal, especially a horse, and make it move along: She learnt to ride when she was seven. | ride away/across/back etc: He rode away across the marshes. |… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• anchor — I n. 1) to cast, drop anchor 2) to raise, weigh anchor 3) at anchor (to ride at anchor) II v. to anchor firmly * * * [ æŋkə] dropanchor weigh anchor to cast to raise to anchor firmly at anchor (to ride …   Combinatory dictionary

• anchor — anchorable, adj. anchorless, adj. anchorlike, adj. /ang keuhr/, n. 1. any of various devices dropped by a chain, cable, or rope to the bottom of a body of water for preventing or restricting the motion of a vessel or other floating object,… …   Universalium

• ride — I UK [raɪd] / US verb Word forms ride : present tense I/you/we/they ride he/she/it rides present participle riding past tense rode UK [rəʊd] / US [roʊd] past participle ridden UK [ˈrɪd(ə)n] / US *** 1) a) [intransitive/transitive] to sit on an… …   English dictionary

• anchor — /ˈæŋkə / (say angkuh) noun 1. a device for holding boats, vessels, floating bridges, etc., in place. 2. any similar device for holding fast or checking motion. 3. a key person; mainstay. 4. (in a tug of war team) the person, usually the one who… …  

• anchor — an•chor [[t]ˈæŋ kər[/t]] n. 1) naut. navig. a heavy device dropped by a chain, cable, or rope to the bottom of a body of water for restraining the motion of a vessel or other floating object 2) any similar device for holding fast or checking… …   From formal English to slang

• anchor — n 1. mooring, ground tackle, kedge, grapnel, grappling iron, killick; mushroom anchor, stockless anchor. 2. safeguard, mainstay, security, protection, support, strength, defense; prop, pillar, staff; refuge, asylum, haven, sanctuary. v 3. secure… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder