unanchoring

Verb

unanchor (third-person singular simple present unanchors, present participle unanchoring, simple past and past participle unanchored)

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.2012, Greg Harvey, Excel 2010 For Dummies