WORD: ANCHOR
MEANING:
1. Nautical A heavy object attached to a vessel by a cable, rope, or chain and dropped into the water to keep the vessel in place either by its weight or by its flukes, which grip the bottom.
2. A rigid point of support, as for securing a rope.
3. A source of security or stability.
4.
a. An athlete, usually the strongest member of a team, who performs the last stage of a relay race or other competition.
b. The person at the end of a tug-of-war team.
5. An anchorperson.
6. fastened, attached, fixed
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Tillakaratne Dilshan anchored the chase beautifully with 160 off 124 balls, but Sri Lanka fell agonisingly short by three runs.
2. faith is his anchor
PRONOUNCE:
an·chor - ऐंगकर
LINK: ANCHOR
MEANING:
1. Nautical A heavy object attached to a vessel by a cable, rope, or chain and dropped into the water to keep the vessel in place either by its weight or by its flukes, which grip the bottom.
2. A rigid point of support, as for securing a rope.
3. A source of security or stability.
4.
a. An athlete, usually the strongest member of a team, who performs the last stage of a relay race or other competition.
b. The person at the end of a tug-of-war team.
5. An anchorperson.
6. fastened, attached, fixed
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Tillakaratne Dilshan anchored the chase beautifully with 160 off 124 balls, but Sri Lanka fell agonisingly short by three runs.
2. faith is his anchor
PRONOUNCE:
an·chor - ऐंगकर
LINK: ANCHOR
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