a heavy object attached to a rope or chain and used to moor a vessel to the sea bottom, typically one having a metal shank with a ring at one end for the rope and a pair of curved and/or barbed flukes at the other.
the boat, no longer held fast by its anchor, swung wildly
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moor (a ship) to the sea bottom with an anchor.
the ship was anchored in the lee of the island
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the boat, no longer held fast by its anchor, swung wildly
the European Community is the economic anchor of the New Europe
