anchor
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Sense: Noun: device to secure a boat
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mooring, killick, grapnel, kedge, bower
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Sense: Noun: anything that holds
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support Collocations, mainstay, ballast Collocations, safeguard, security Collocations, protection Collocations, hold Collocations, tie Collocations, clamp Collocations, fastener, hook Collocations, grip Collocations, clasp Collocations, chain Collocations, shackle, irons, pillar Collocations, lock Collocations, backbone Collocations, foothold, defense Collocations, defence , cinch, lynchpin
Sense: Verb: make secure
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tie Collocations, tie down, tie up, secure Collocations, attach Collocations, fasten Collocations, clinch, make sth secure, shackle, fix Collocations, affix, fix sth in place, secure sth in place
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loosen, detach Collocations, disconnect Collocations, release Collocations, unfasten, unfix, pry off
Sense: Verb: drop an anchor
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Sense: Noun: news presenter
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anchorman, anchorwoman, newscaster, newsreader, host Collocations, commentator, reporter Collocations, TV reporter
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