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.
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"
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
Definitions of anchor 
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
