(n.) A iron instrument which is attached to a ship by a cable (rope or chain), and which, being cast overboard, lays hold of the earth by a fluke or hook and thus retains the ship in a particular station.
(n.) Any instrument or contrivance serving a purpose like that of a ship's anchor, as an arrangement of timber to hold a dam fast; a contrivance to hold the end of a bridge cable, or other similar part; a contrivance used by founders to hold the core of a mold in place.
(n.) Fig.: That which gives stability or security; that on which we place dependence for safety.
(n.) An emblem of hope.
(n.) A metal tie holding adjoining parts of a building together.
(n.) Carved work, somewhat resembling an anchor or arrowhead; -- a part of the ornaments of certain moldings. It is seen in the echinus, or egg-and-anchor (called also egg-and-dart, egg-and-tongue) ornament.
(n.) One of the anchor-shaped spicules of certain sponges; also, one of the calcareous spinules of certain Holothurians, as in species of Synapta.
(v. t.) To place at anchor; to secure by an anchor; as, to anchor a ship.
(v. t.) To fix or fasten; to fix in a stable condition; as, to anchor the cables of a suspension bridge.
(v. i.) To cast anchor; to come to anchor; as, our ship (or the captain) anchored in the stream.
(v. i.) To stop; to fix or rest.
(n.) An anchoret.
Example Sentences:
(1) The haplotype of the recombinant X chromosome of each of 241 backcross progeny has been established using the X-linked anchor loci Otc, Hprt, Dmd, Pgk-1, and Amg and the additional probes DXSmh43 and Cbx-rs1.
(2) The popularly used procedure in Great Britain is that in which a sheet of Ivalon sponge is sutured to the sacrum and wrapped around the rectum thus anchoring it in place.
(3) The company also confirmed on Thursday as it launched its sports pay-TV offering at its new broadcasting base in the Olympic Park in Stratford, east London, that former BBC presenter Jake Humphrey will anchor its Premier League coverage.
(4) Since the introduction of osseointegrated titanium implants for bone-anchored facial and dental prostheses, an increasing number of irradiated patients are being treated with this technique.
(5) The brain enzyme did not contain components characteristic of the glycolipid anchors of erythrocyte acetylcholinesterases.
(6) Our findings support the proposal that bcd transcripts are selectively recognized and trapped as they enter the anterior tip of the oocyte, and suggest that this localization process is mediated by anchored sequence-specific receptors in the oocyte cytoplasm.
(7) Sanders, the Vermont senator and self-described democratic socialist, first answered questions from Fox News anchor Bret Baier over his comments in Sunday’s debate that white people “don’t know what it’s like to be living in a ghetto”.
(8) A truncated anchor-minus form of the G2 glycoprotein was found to be secreted into the culture medium, but was retained in the Golgi complex when coexpressed with the G1 glycoprotein.
(9) Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class 1 molecules that were either transmembrane- (H-2Db) or glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored (Qa2) were labeled with antibody-coated gold particles and moved across the cell surface with a laser optical tweezers until they encountered a barrier, the barrier-free path length (BFP).
(10) This lipid has a hybrid nature of an archaeal feature in alkyl glycerol diether core portion and an eucaryal feature in the polar head group identical to the conserved core structure (GlcNp(alpha 1-6)-myo-inositol 1-phosphate) of glycosylated phosphatidylinositol which serves as a membrane protein anchor in eucaryal cells.
(11) Ultrastructurally these glands had apical microvilli with associated glycocalyx and long anchoring rootlets.
(12) This was confirmed by the crystal structures, which also showed that the Gln46 amide is hydrogen bonded to the Phe100 N and O atoms, and tightly anchored in this position.
(13) Each of the two chemically identical subunits folds into a three-layer domain anchored by a large six-stranded mixed beta sheet.
(14) A group of proteins anchored to the cell by phosphatidylinositol (PI) has recently been identified.
(15) In conclusion, the N-linked sugar chains are not required for in vitro activity but required for in vivo activity, acting as anchors for the essential terminal sialic acids.
(16) Replacement of the COOH-terminal hydrophobic domain with a signal peptide that normally functions in membrane translocation, or with a random hydrophobic sequence, results in efficient and correct processing, producing GPI-anchored DAF on the cell surface.
(17) Since the corresponding keto analogue, N-[(R)-2-benzyl-5-cyano-4-oxopentanyl]-L-phenylalanine (compound 4), does not inactivate the enzyme, it is suggested that the NH in compound 1 is critical for the proper active-site anchoring of the inhibitor for the inactivation process to take place.
(18) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Donald Trump questions US citizenship of ‘anchor babies’.
(19) This tissue may anchor the lead so that it is difficult, dangerous, or impossible to remove it.
(20) The anchoring wire can also be retracted and repositioned.
Killock
Definition:
(n.) A small anchor; also, a kind of anchor formed by a stone inclosed by pieces of wood fastened together.
Example Sentences:
(1) "We welcome a consultation, but default filters are awful," said ORG executive director Jim Killock.
(2) Anthony Barnett openDemocracy , Billy Bragg , Lord Errol , Bridget Fox Liberal Democrat PPC, Islington South & Finsbury , Jo Glanville Editor, Index on Censorship , John Grogan MP , Andrew Heaney Director of regulation, TalkTalk , Julian Huppert Liberal Democrat PPC, Cambridge , Julia and Simon Indelicate The Indelicates , Jim Killock Executive director, Open Rights Group , Nicholas Lansman Secretary general, ISPA , Graham Linehan screenwriter Caroline Lucas Leader, Green party , Baroness Miller , Simon Milner Director of industrial policy, BT , Peter Tatchell , Tom Watson MP , Lord Whitty Chair, Consumer Focus
(3) Policing should be targeted at actual offenders, with the proper protection of the courts," Killock added.
(4) Jim Killock, executive director of the Open Rights Group, the organisation that commissioned the YouGov poll, called the government's plans extremist.
(5) "We want a debate," said Jim Killock, executive director of the Open Rights Group, which has campaigned against many of the strictures in the bill.
(6) "This bill is the victim of one of the worst lobbying scandals of this parliament," said Jim Killock, executive director of the Open Rights Group.
(7) In our view these clauses should be deleted entirely,” said Jim Killock, executive director of the Open Rights Group.
(8) "This is exactly what we and 20,000 supporters warned their MPs," said Jim Killock, executive director of the Open Rights Group.
(9) "People may feel they are under surveillance," Killock said.
(10) Jim Killock, director of the ORG, said: “The government has ignored a court judgment, ridden roughshod over our parliamentary processes and denied the public the debate they deserve.
(11) Jim Killock, of the Open Rights Group, which campaigns on digital rights, said: "Google didn't ask us if we, their customers, minded our data being merged and used in new ways.
(12) Jim Killock, executive director of the Open Rights Group, said: "It's good to see European data protection authorities take action so that users gain control of their data.
(13) However, Jim Killock, the executive director of internet freedom organisation the Open Rights Group, welcomed the judicial review of the "legal mess caused by the Digital Economy Act".
(14) It shows that they're taking the BPI far too seriously," Killock said.
(15) Separately, the Prism programme set up to help the US monitor traffic of potential suspects abroad was used by GCHQ to generate 197 intelligence reports Jim Killock, executive director of Open Rights Group, said the extent of the UK and US surveillance created risks for everyone and placed "extreme degrees of power in the hands of secret agencies.
(16) However, Jim Killock, executive director of the Open Rights Group, said it was now clear that British laws had been abused to give the agencies a chance "to monitor everything and everyone almost constantly".
(17) Jim Killock, executive director of the Open Rights Group warned that "letters being sent out could cause a lot of worry and fear".
(18) Jim Killock, executive director of Open Rights Group said: “This is a basic error that could have negative consequences for the people who complained, and may also deter others from making complaints to Ipso in the future.” “Organisations have a legal obligation to protect our data and they should take this responsibility seriously.” Manji has been defended by her employer, which called the comments “offensive, completely unacceptable and, arguably, tantamount to inciting religious and even racial hatred”.
(19) Already more than 6,700 people have emailed their MP to demand a democratic debate on disconnection, according to Jim Killock, executive director of the Open Rights Group, quoting figures from campaigning website 38Degrees.
(20) Jim Killock, its executive director, said: "This is an attack on everyone's right to communicate, work and gain an education.