unanchor

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
16
Letters
8

Definition of unanchor

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (transitive)To raise an anchor or to free a vessel from an anchor.
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verb

  1. (transitive)To raise an anchor or to free a vessel from an anchor.
  2. (broadly, transitive)To liberate.
  3. (intransitive)To become loose or physically unattached.
  4. (transitive)To release from a fixed position and allow to be moved.
    “To unanchor the cell cursor so that you can move it into position for selecting another range, press Shift+F8. This puts you in Add to Selection mode, in which you can move to the first cell of the next range without selecting any more cells.”

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Etymology

From un- + anchor.

Hooks

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