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  {
    "word": "anchor",
    "phonetic": "/\u02c8\u00e6\u014b.k\u0259/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8\u00e6\u014b.k\u0259/",
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      },
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    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "A tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a sea or river to resist movement.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "An iron device so shaped as to grip the bottom and hold a vessel at her berth by the chain or rope attached. (FM 55-501).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The combined anchoring gear (anchor, rode, bill/peak and fittings such as bitts, cat, and windlass.)",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Representation of the nautical tool, used as a heraldic charge.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Any instrument serving a purpose like that of a ship's anchor, such as an arrangement of timber to hold a dam fast; a device to hold the end of a bridge cable etc.; or a device used in metalworking to hold the core of a mould in place.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A marked point in a document that can be the target of a hyperlink.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "An anchorman or anchorwoman.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The final runner in a relay race.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A point that is touched by the draw hand or string when the bow is fully drawn and ready to shoot.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A superstore or other facility that serves as a focus to bring customers into an area.",
            "synonyms": [
              "anchor tenant"
            ],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "That which gives stability or security.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A metal tie holding adjoining parts of a building together.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Carved work, somewhat resembling an anchor or arrowhead; part of the ornaments of certain mouldings. It is seen in the echinus, or egg-and-anchor (called also egg-and-dart, egg-and-tongue) ornament.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "One of the anchor-shaped spicules of certain sponges.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "One of the calcareous spinules of certain holothurians, as in species of Synapta.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The thirty-fifth Lenormand card.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "An anchorite or anchoress.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "anchor tenant"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
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      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
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    },
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  },
  {
    "word": "anchor",
    "phonetic": "/\u02c8\u00e6\u014b.k\u0259/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8\u00e6\u014b.k\u0259/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8\u00e6\u014b.k\u025a/",
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    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To connect an object, especially a ship or a boat, to a fixed point.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To cast anchor; to come to anchor.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Our ship (or the captain) anchored in the stream."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To stop; to fix or rest.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To provide emotional stability for a person in distress.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To perform as an anchorman or anchorwoman.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To be stuck; to be unable to move away from a position.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "bog down",
          "embog",
          "enmire",
          "drop anchor",
          "affix",
          "fix",
          "host",
          "present",
          "support",
          "cease",
          "hold"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
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  },
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    "word": "anchor",
    "phonetic": "/\u02c8\u00e6\u014b.k\u0259/",
    "phonetics": [
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        "text": "/\u02c8\u00e6\u014b.k\u0259/",
        "audio": ""
      },
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    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "A measure of wine or spirit equal to 10 gallons; a barrel of this capacity.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
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      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/anker"
    ]
  }
]