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anchoring
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold, be held securely |
| Synonyms: | attach, berth, catch, dock, drop, fasten, fix, imbed, make port, moor, plant, secure, stay, tie, tie up |
| Antonyms: | detach, let go, loosen, unfasten |
| Main Entry: | dock |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | land on the waterfront |
| Synonyms: | anchor, berth, drop anchor, hook up, join, link up, moor, put in, rendezvous, tie up, unite |
| Notes: | a dock is the water next to a wharf or pier and it is not a solid thing, a wharf is built along and parallel to the shore, while a pier runs out and away from or at a right angle to the shore; dock was first a 'natural hollow or creek where a ship could stay at low water' |
| Antonyms: | set sail, ship out |
| Main Entry: | entrench |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | establish, make inroads |
| Synonyms: | anchor, confirm, define, dig in, embed, ensconce, fence, fix, fortify, found, ground, hole up, implant, infix, ingrain, install, lodge, plant, protect, root, seat, set, settle, strengthen |
| Main Entry: | fasten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make secure; join together |
| Synonyms: | adhere, affix, anchor, attach, band, bar, batten, belt, bind, bolt, bond, brace, button, catch, cement, chain, cleave, close, cohere, connect, couple, embed, establish, fix, freeze to, girth, glue, grip, hitch, hitch on, hold, hook, hook up, implant, infix, jam, knot, lace, leash, link, lock, lodge, make firm, moor, mortise, nail, rivet, rope, screw, seal, set, settle, solder, stay put, stick, strengthen, string, tack on, tag, tie, tighten, truss, unite, wedge, weld |
| Antonyms: | detach, disconnect, loosen, open, release, unchain, unfasten, unlink, unlock |
| Main Entry: | fix |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | establish, make firm |
| Synonyms: | affix, anchor, attach, bind, catch, cement, congeal, connect, consolidate, couple, embed, entrench, fasten, freeze to, glue, graft, harden, implant, inculcate, infix, ingrain, install, instill, link, locate, lodge, moor, nail down, pin, place, plant, position, rigidify, rivet, root, secure, set, settle, solidify, stabilize, stay put, steady, stick, stiffen, thicken, tie |
| Antonyms: | change, destroy, disarrange, disorganize, unsettle |
| Main Entry: | secure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attach, tie up |
| Synonyms: | adjust, anchor, batten down, bind, bolt, button, button down, catch, cement, chain, clamp, clinch, close, fasten, fix, hitch, hook on, lash, lock, lock up, make fast, moor, nail, padlock, pinion, rivet, settle, tack, tie, tie down, tighten |
| Antonyms: | let go, loose, loosen, unfasten, untie |
| Main Entry: | set |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | position, place |
| Synonyms: | affix, aim, anchor, apply, arrange, bestow, cast, deposit, direct, embed, ensconce, establish, fasten, fix, head, insert, install, introduce, lay, level, locate, lock, lodge, make fast, make ready, mount, park, plank, plant, plop, plunk, point, post, prepare, put, rest, seat, settle, situate, spread, station, stick, train, turn, wedge, zero in |
| Notes: | to set is to place something; to sit is to be seated |
| Antonyms: | displace, remove |
| Main Entry: | tie |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | connect, interlace |
| Synonyms: | anchor, attach, band, bind, cinch, clinch, do up, fasten, gird, join, knot, lash, link, make a bow, make a hitch, make a knot, make fast, marry, moor, rivet, rope, secure, splice, tether, tie up, tighten, truss, unite, wed |
| Antonyms: | detach, disconnect, loose, loosen, unfasten, unlace, untie |
| Main Entry: | infix |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fix |
| Synonyms: | affix, anchor, attach, bind*, catch, cement, congeal, connect, consolidate, couple, embed, entrench, fasten, freeze to, glue, graft, harden, implant, inculcate, ingrain, install, instill, link, locate, lodge, moor, nail down, pin, place, plant, position, rigidify, rivet, root, secure, set, settle, solidify, stabilize, stay put, steady, stick, stiffen, thicken, tie |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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