Definitions for ANCHOR
ˈæŋ kəran·chor

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. anchor, ground tacklenoun

   a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving

2. anchor, mainstay, keystone, backbone, linchpin, lynchpinnoun

   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. anchor, anchorman, anchorpersonverb

   a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute

4. anchor, groundverb

   fix firmly and stably

   "anchor the lamppost in concrete"

5. anchor, cast anchor, drop anchorverb

   secure a vessel with an anchor

   "We anchored at Baltimore"

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.5 / 2 votes

1. anchornoun

   A tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a sea or river to resist movement.

2. anchornoun

   Generic term to refer to the combined anchoring gear (anchor, rode, and fittings such as bitts, cat, and windlass.)

3. anchornoun

   A fixed point, especially materials or tools used to affix something at that point.

4. anchornoun

   A marked point in a document that can be the target of a hyperlink.

5. anchornoun

   An anchorman or anchorwoman.

6. anchorverb

   To hold an object, especially a ship or a boat to a fixed point.

7. anchorverb

   To provide emotional stability for a person in distress.

8. anchorverb

   To perform as an anchorman.

9. Etymology: anker, ancor, from ancora, from (or cognate with) ἄγκυρα. The modern spelling is a sixteenth-century modification to better represent the Latin misspelling anchora.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ANCHORnoun

   Etymology: anchora, Lat.

   1. A heavy iron, composed of a long shank, having a ring at one end to which the cable is fastened, and at the other, branching out into two arms or flooks, tending upwards, with barbs or edges on each side. Its use is to hold the ship, by being fixed to the ground.

   He said, and wept; then spread his sails before
   The winds, and reach’d at length the Cuman shore:
   Their anchors dropt, his crew the vessels moor. John Dryden, Æn.

   2. It is used, by a metaphor, for any thing which confers stability or security.

   Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth not into that within the veil. Hebrews, vi. 19.

   3. The forms of speech in which it is most commonly used, are, to cast anchor, to lye or ride at anchor.

   The Turkish general, deceived of his expectations, and perceiving that the Rhodians would not be drawn forth to battle at sea, withdrew his fleet, when casting anchor, and landing his men, he burnt the corn. Richard Knolles, History of the Turks.

   Ent’ring with the tide,
   He dropp’d his anchors, and his oars he ply’d:
   Furl’d every sail, and drawing down the mast,
   His vessel moor’d, and made with haulsers fast. John Dryden, Homer.

   Far from your capital my ship resides
   At Reithrus, and secure at anchor rides. Alexander Pope, Odyssey.

2. Anchornoun

   Shakespeare seems to have used this word for anchoret, or an abstemious recluse person.

   To desperation turn my trust and hope!
   An anchor’s cheer in prison be my scope! William Shakespeare, Hamlet.

3. To Anchorverb

   Etymology: from anchor.

   1. To cast anchor; to lie at anchor.

   The fishermen that walk upon the beach
   Appear like mice; and yon tall anchoring bark
   Diminish’d to her cock; her cock, a buoy
   Almost too small for sight. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

   Near Calais the Spaniards anchored, expecting their land-forces, which came not. Francis Bacon.

   Or the strait course to rocky Chios plow,
   And anchor under Mimos’ shaggy brow. Alexander Pope, Odyssey.

   2. To stop at; to rest on.

   My intention, hearing not my tongue,
   Anchors on Isabel. William Shakespeare.

   My tongue should to my ears not name my boys,
   ’Till that my nails were anchor’d in thine eyes. William Shakespeare, R. III.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Anchor

   An anchor is a device, normally made of metal, used to secure a vessel to the bed of a body of water to prevent the craft from drifting due to wind or current. The word derives from Latin ancoracode: lat promoted to code: la , which itself comes from the Greek ἄγκυραcode: ell promoted to code: el (ankȳracode: ell promoted to code: el ).Anchors can either be temporary or permanent. Permanent anchors are used in the creation of a mooring, and are rarely moved; a specialist service is normally needed to move or maintain them. Vessels carry one or more temporary anchors, which may be of different designs and weights. A sea anchor is a drag device, not in contact with the seabed, used to minimise drift of a vessel relative to the water. A drogue is a drag device used to slow or help steer a vessel running before a storm in a following or overtaking sea, or when crossing a bar in a breaking sea.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. anchor

   An anchor can refer to a device or object used to secure or stabilize something in place. It can also refer to a person or thing that provides stability, support, or control. In the context of broadcasting, an anchor is a person who presents and narrates news, events, or programs on television or radio.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Anchornoun

   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. Anchornoun

   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. Anchornoun

   fig.: That which gives stability or security; that on which we place dependence for safety

4. Anchornoun

   an emblem of hope

5. Anchornoun

   a metal tie holding adjoining parts of a building together

6. Anchornoun

   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. Anchornoun

   one of the anchor-shaped spicules of certain sponges; also, one of the calcareous spinules of certain Holothurians, as in species of Synapta

8. Anchorverb

   to place at anchor; to secure by an anchor; as, to anchor a ship

9. Anchorverb

   to fix or fasten; to fix in a stable condition; as, to anchor the cables of a suspension bridge

10. Anchorverb

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

11. Anchorverb

    to stop; to fix or rest

12. Anchornoun

    an anchoret

13. Etymology: [OE. anker, AS. ancor, oncer, L. ancora, sometimes spelt anchora, fr. Gr. 'a`gkyra, akin to E. angle: cf. F. ancre. See Angle, n.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Anchor

   An anchor is a device normally made of metal, that is used to connect a vessel to the bed of a body of water to prevent the craft from drifting due to wind or current. The word derives from Latin ancora, which itself comes from the Greek ἄγκυρα. Anchors can either be temporary or permanent. A permanent anchor is used in the creation of a mooring, and is rarely moved; a specialist service is normally needed to move or maintain it. Vessels carry one or more temporary anchors, which may be of different designs and weights. A sea anchor is a drogue, not in contact with the seabed, used to control a drifting vessel.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. anchor

   A large and heavy instrument in use from the earliest times for holding and retaining ships, which it executes with admirable force. With few exceptions it consists of a long iron shank, having at one end a ring, to which the cable is attached, and the other branching out into two arms, with flukes or palms at their bill or extremity. A stock of timber or iron is fixed at right angles to the arms, and serves to guide the flukes perpendicularly to the surface of the ground. According to their various form and size, anchors obtain the epithets of the sheet, best bower, small bower, spare, stream, kedge, and grapling (which see under their respective heads). Anchor floating, see FLOATING ANCHOR.--At anchor, the situation of a ship which rides by its anchor.--To anchor, to cast or to let go the anchor, so that it falls into the ground for the ship to ride thereby.--To anchor with a spring on the cable, see SPRING. Anchor is also used figuratively for anything which confers security or stability.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ANCHOR

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Anchor is ranked #88020 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Anchor surname appeared 211 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Anchor.
   
   95.2% or 201 total occurrences were White.

Anagrams for ANCHOR »

1. noarch

2. archon

3. Charon

4. rancho

How to pronounce ANCHOR?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say ANCHOR in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of ANCHOR in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of ANCHOR in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of ANCHOR in a Sentence

1. Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay:

   Your Constitution is all sail and no anchor.

2. Jesse Bradley:

   Hope is an anchor for the soul, looking back to the cross helps us persevere now.

3. Bob Thompson:

   As NBC's weekend anchor, Lester Holt is kind of like Williams' vice president, so he'd be the default choice.

4. Jim Rutherford:

   The real advantage that Tampa has over most teams or all teams is Vasilevskiy, they’ve got the anchor there. They know what they’re getting every game, and as long as he’s what he is today — which should be for quite a long time — they’re going to be a contender.

5. Oliver Wendell Holmes:

   I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving -- we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it -- but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=ANCHOR
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Anchor
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=ANCHOR
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anchor
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ANCHOR
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=ANCHOR
8. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=ANCHOR
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html