Definitions of Anchor [ˈæŋ kər]

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Definition of 'Anchor'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) anchor
a heavy device dropped by a chain, cable, or rope to the bottom of a body of water for restraining the motion of a vessel or other floating object.

2.  anchor
any similar device for holding fast or checking motion.

3.  anchor
a person or thing that can be relied on for support, stability, or security; mainstay.

4.  anchor
the main broadcaster on a program of news, sports, etc.

5.  anchor
a television program that attracts many viewers who are likely to stay tuned for the programs that follow.

6.  anchor
a well-known store, esp. a department store, that attracts customers to the shopping center in which it is located.

7.  anchor
the person on a sports team, esp. a relay team, who competes last.

8.  anchor
the person farthest to the rear on a tug-of-war team.

9.  anchor
anchors,

10. (v.t.) anchor
to hold fast by an anchor.

11.  anchor
to fix or fasten; affix firmly:
to anchor a button to a sleeve.

12.  anchor
to act or serve as a radio or television anchor for:
to anchor the evening news.

13. (v.i.) anchor
to drop anchor; lie or ride at anchor.

14.  anchor
to keep hold or be firmly fixed.

15.  anchor
to act or serve as a radio or television anchor.

16.  anchor
at anchor, kept in place by an anchor.

Etymology: (bef. 900; OE ancor, ancer < L an-c(h)ora < Gk ánk&ymacr;ra)

Definition of 'Anchor'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) anchor, ground tackle
a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving

2. (noun) anchor, mainstay, keystone, backbone, linchpin, lynchpin
a central cohesive source of support and stability
"faith is his anchor"; "the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money"; "he is the linchpin of this firm"

3. (verb) anchor, anchorman, anchorperson
a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute

4. (verb) anchor, ground
fix firmly and stably
"anchor the lamppost in concrete"

5. (verb) anchor, cast anchor, drop anchor
secure a vessel with an anchor
"We anchored at Baltimore"

Definition of 'Anchor'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) anchor
a weight to stop ships floating away
to drop anchor

2.  anchor
a person who reads the news on television
the anchor on the local nightly news

3. (verb) anchor
to drop an anchor in order to hold a boat in place
a ship anchored a mile off the coast

4.  anchor
to read the news on television
She anchors a national news show.

5.  anchor
to attach sth to prevent any movement
pegs to anchor the tent

Definition of 'Anchor'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Anchor
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

2. (noun) Anchor
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

3. (noun) Anchor
fig.: That which gives stability or security; that on which we place dependence for safety

4. (noun) Anchor
an emblem of hope

5. (noun) Anchor
a metal tie holding adjoining parts of a building together

6. (noun) Anchor
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

7. (noun) Anchor
one of the anchor-shaped spicules of certain sponges; also, one of the calcareous spinules of certain Holothurians, as in species of Synapta

8. (noun) Anchor
an anchoret

9. (verb) Anchor
to place at anchor; to secure by an anchor; as, to anchor a ship

10. (verb) Anchor
to fix or fasten; to fix in a stable condition; as, to anchor the cables of a suspension bridge

11. (verb) Anchor
to cast anchor; to come to anchor; as, our ship (or the captain) anchored in the stream

12. (verb) Anchor
to stop; to fix or rest

Translation of 'Anchor'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: something, usually a heavy piece of metal with points which dig into the sea-bed, used to hold a boat in one position.
Afrikaans: anker	Arabic: مِرْساة السَّفينَه	Bulgarian: котва
Brazilian: âncora	Czech: kotva	German: der Anker
Danish: anker	Greek: άγκυρα	Spanish: ancla
Estonian: ankur	Farsi: لنگر	Finnish: ankkuri
French: ancre	Hebrew: עֹגֶן @@@עוֹגֶן$$$	Hindi: लंगर
Croatian: sidro	Hungarian: horgony	Indonesian: jangkar, sauh
Icelandic: akkeri	Italian: ancora	Japanese: いかり
Korean: 닻	Lithuanian: inkaras	Latvian: enkurs
Malay: sauh	Dutch: anker	Norwegian: anker
Polish: kotwica	Persian: لنگر	Pashto: لنګر
Portuguese: âncora	Romanian: ancoră	Russian: якорь
Slovak: kotva	Slovenian: sidro	Serbian: sidro
Swedish: ankare	Thai: สมอเรือ	Turkish: çapa, demir, çıpa
Taiwanese: 錨	Ukrainian: якір	Urdu: لنگر
Vietnamese: mỏ neo	Chinese: 锚
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