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unanchors

unanchors is the third-person singular simple present indicative of unanchor.

Meaning of unanchor

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

Questions about unanchors

What is unanchors the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Unanchors is the third-person singular simple present indicative of unanchor.

Words near unanchors in the dictionary

  1. unancestored
  2. unanchor
  3. unanchorable
  4. unanchored
  5. unanchoring
  6. unanchors
  7. unanchylosed
  8. unancient
  9. Unanderra
  10. unanealed
  11. unaneled

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