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Anchored

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Word	Definition
ground tacklenoun	(nautical) Equipment, such as anchors, cables, or windlasses, for mooring a vessel away from a pier or other fixed moorings.
cast anchorverb	(nautical) To drop anchor or otherwise moor a ship.
drop anchorverb	(nautical) To release the anchor of a ship or boat, allowing it to fall to the bed of a body of water and thereby securing the vessel in place.
linchpinverb	(ambitransitive) To adopt as, or serve as, a central cohesive source of stability and security.
groundverb	(US) To connect (an electrical conductor or device) to a ground.
lynchpinverb	Alternative form of linchpin. [(ambitransitive) To adopt as, or serve as, a central cohesive source of stability and security.]
anchormannoun	(television, radio) The main host of a television or radio program, particularly one relating to the broadcast of news.
anchorpersonnoun	The primary reporter on a television news broadcast.
mainstaynoun	A chief support.
backbonenoun	(countable) The series of vertebrae, separated by disks, that encloses and protects the spinal cord, and runs down the middle of the back in vertebrate animals.
pinned	Having (a specified kind or number of) pins.
hinged	Affixed by a hinge, as a door.
embedverb	(transitive, computing) To encapsulate within another document or data file.
rooted	(figuratively) Ingrained, as through repeated use; entrenched; habitual or instinctive.
wetverb	(transitive) To cover or impregnate with liquid.
parked	Left somewhere when not in use.
articulatednoun	Of a vehicle, composed of component parts each with its own wheels and chassis, e.g. an articulated lorry, articulated bus, or certain kinds of streetcars and trains.
builtnoun	(informal) well-built, muscular or toned.
stranded	(of a person) Abandoned or marooned.
derived	A product of derivation