unanchor
unanchor verb: to raise an anchor or to free a vessel from an anchor.
Verb
unanchor (third-person singular simple present unanchors, present participle unanchoring, simple past and past participle unanchored)
- To raise an anchor or to free a vessel from an anchor.
- To liberate.
- To become loose or physically unattached.
- 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.2012, Greg Harvey, Excel 2010 For Dummies
unanchor meaning in Tamil
unanchor in Tamil
- நங்கூரந்தளர்த்து, நங்கூரம் தளர்வுறு, தளர்த்து, தளர்வுறு, பற்றுநீக்கு, பற்றற்றிரு
Forms of unanchor
| third-person singular present | unanchors |
|---|---|
| present participle | unanchoring |
| past participle | unanchored |
| past | unanchored |
Origin of unanchor
From un- + anchor.
Questions about unanchor
- What does unanchor mean?
- Unanchor means to raise an anchor or to free a vessel from an anchor.
- What is unanchor in Tamil?
- Unanchor in Tamil is நங்கூரந்தளர்த்து, நங்கூரம் தளர்வுறு, தளர்த்து. See Unanchor meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is unanchor?
- Unanchor is a verb.
- What is the past tense of unanchor?
- The past tense of unanchor is unanchored.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: unanchor (page history and authors); unanchor (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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