Scrabble?! ANCHOR

Definitions of ANCHOR in various dictionaries:

noun - a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving

noun - a central cohesive source of support and stability

noun - a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute

verb - fix firmly and stably

verb - secure a vessel with an anchor

A heavy object attached to a vessel by a cable or rope and cast o verb oard to keep the vessel in place either by its weight or by its flukes, which grip the bottom.

A rigid point of support, as for securing a rope.

A source of security or stability.

Sports.

An athlete, usually the strongest member of a team, who performs the last stage of a relay race or other competition.

The end of a tug-of-war team.

An anchorperson.

To hold fast by or as if by an anchor.

To serve as an anchor for (a team or competition).

To narrate or coordinate (a newscast).

To drop anchor or lie at anchor.

verb - to secure by means of an anchor (a device for holding a floating vessel in place)