0 past simple and past participle of anchor
1 to lower an anchor into the water in order to stop a boat from moving away
2 to act as the anchorman or anchorwoman of a programme:
3 to be the member of a team who goes last in a relay (= a type of race between two or more teams in which each person in the team runs or swims part of the race):
He was running his first race since he anchored Wales to a bronze medal in the 4 x 400m relay at the Commonwealth Games.
The structure was anchored in the south-east and south-west corners to start construction.
Here, we clearly see how strong the substantive impact of regime preferences becomes when a voter is not clearly anchored politically.
Each line is anchored at the ends with a reference: not at all at the left, and worst possible at the right.
A supertag is said to be anchored by the word associated with it.
Each of the three acts is anchored by an extended number in which this relationship is explored and developed.
These uprights rest on solid foundation blocks inside of which they are anchored, for added stability.
