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stō — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • anchor noun A heavy metal device lowered from a boat to grip the seabed and keep the vessel in place.
  • be verb To exist or to have a certain identity, quality, or state.
  • remain verb To stay in the same place, condition, or state without changing.
  • stand verb To be upright on one's feet, or to rise into that position.
  • stay verb To remain in a place rather than leaving.

Senses

stō is used for these senses in English:

  • anchor To connect an object, especially a ship or a boat, to a fixed point.
  • be To occupy a place.
  • remain To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last.
  • stand (intransitive, copulative) To support oneself on the feet in an erect position.
  • stay (intransitive, copulative) To continue to have a particular quality.

anchor — full definition

  1. noun A heavy metal device lowered from a boat to grip the seabed and keep the vessel in place.
  2. noun A person who presents a television or radio news broadcast.
  3. noun Something that provides steadiness, support, or a sense of security.
  4. verb To fix something firmly in place, or to hold a ship steady with an anchor.

be — full definition

  1. verb To exist or to have a certain identity, quality, or state.
  2. verb Used with another verb to form continuing or passive actions.

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