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anclar — 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.
  • belay verb In climbing, to hold and control the rope so that a falling climber is caught safely.
  • moor noun A wide stretch of open, often hilly land covered in heather and rough grass, with poor, boggy soil.

Senses

anclar is used for these senses in English:

  • anchor To connect an object, especially a ship or a boat, to a fixed point.
  • belay (ambitransitive, nautical) To make (a rope) fast by turning it around a fastening point such as a cleat.
  • moor (intransitive, nautical) To cast anchor or become fastened.
  • moor (transitive, nautical) To fix or secure (e.g. a vessel) in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with ropes, cables or chains or the like.

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.

belay — full definition

  1. verb In climbing, to hold and control the rope so that a falling climber is caught safely.
  2. verb To secure a rope firmly around a fixed point such as a cleat.
  3. verb As a command, to stop or cancel an action already underway.

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