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angkla [ang.kla.] : anchor (n.); moor (v.)
[ Etymology: Spanish: ancla: anchor ]

Derivatives of angkla


Glosses:
anchor
n. (artifact)1. anchor, ground tacklea mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving.
~ flue, flukeflat bladelike projection on the arm of an anchor.
~ grapnel anchor, grapnela light anchor for small boats.
~ claw, hooka mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something.
~ mooring anchoran anchor used to hold a mooring buoy or a channel marker in place.
~ mushroom anchoran anchor used for semipermanent moorings; has a bowl-shaped head that will dig in however it falls.
~ shank, stemcylinder forming a long narrow part of something.
~ sheet anchor, waist anchorspare anchor for use in emergency.
~ vessel, watercrafta craft designed for water transportation.
n. (cognition)2. anchor, backbone, keystone, linchpin, lynchpin, mainstaya central cohesive source of support and stability.; "faith is his anchor"; "the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money"; "he is the linchpin of this firm"
~ supportsomething providing immaterial assistance to a person or cause or interest.; "the policy found little public support"; "his faith was all the support he needed"; "the team enjoyed the support of their fans"
n. (person)3. anchor, anchorman, anchorpersona television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute.
~ television newscaster, television reporter, tv newsman, tv reportersomeone who reports news stories via television.
v. (contact)4. anchor, groundfix firmly and stably.; "anchor the lamppost in concrete"
~ fasten, fix, securecause to be firmly attached.; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man"
v. (contact)5. anchor, cast anchor, drop anchorsecure a vessel with an anchor.; "We anchored at Baltimore"
~ fasten, fix, securecause to be firmly attached.; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man"
moor
n. (person)1. moorone of the Muslim people of north Africa; of mixed Arab and Berber descent; converted to Islam in the 8th century; conqueror of Spain in the 8th century.
~ moslem, muslima believer in or follower of Islam.
n. (object)2. moor, moorlandopen land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss.
~ marston moora former moor in northern England.
~ champaign, plain, fieldextensive tract of level open land.; "they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain"; "he longed for the fields of his youth"
v. (contact)3. berth, moor, tie upsecure in or as if in a berth or dock.; "tie up the boat"
~ wharfmoor at a wharf.; "The ship was wharfed"
~ fasten, fix, securecause to be firmly attached.; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man"
v. (contact)4. berth, moor, wharfcome into or dock at a wharf.; "the big ship wharfed in the evening"
~ dockcome into dock.; "the ship docked"
v. (contact)5. moorsecure with cables or ropes.; "moor the boat"
~ fasten, fix, securecause to be firmly attached.; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man"