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noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving
Types & categories
- claw hypernym
- grapnel anchor hyponym
- mooring anchor hyponym
- mushroom anchor hyponym
- sheet anchor hyponym
Parts & wholes
Related & opposite
- cast anchor derivation
Sense 2 verb
fix firmly and stably
anchor the lamppost in concrete
Types & categories
- fasten hypernym
Related & opposite
- backbone derivation
Sense 3 noun
a central cohesive source of support and stability
faith is his anchor
Types & categories
- support hypernym
Related & opposite
- anchor derivation
Sense 4 verb
secure a vessel with an anchor
We anchored at Baltimore
Types & categories
- fasten hypernym
Related & opposite
- anchorage derivation
- anchor derivation
- anchorage ground derivation
Sense 5 noun
a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute
Types & categories
- television reporter hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | cast anchor |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | vessel |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | flue |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | stem |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | claw |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | grapnel anchor |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | mooring anchor |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | mushroom anchor |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sheet anchor |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | backbone |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | fasten |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | anchor |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | support |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | anchorage |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | anchor |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | anchorage ground |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | fasten |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | television reporter |