Definitions for anchor
ˈæŋ kəran·chor

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. anchor, ground tackle(noun)

   a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving

2. anchor, mainstay, keystone, backbone, linchpin, lynchpin(noun)

   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, anchorperson(verb)

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

4. anchor, ground(verb)

   fix firmly and stably

   "anchor the lamppost in concrete"

5. anchor, cast anchor, drop anchor(verb)

   secure a vessel with an anchor

   "We anchored at Baltimore"

Wiktionary(2.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. anchor(Noun)

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

   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.

2. anchor(Noun)

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

   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.

3. anchor(Noun)

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

   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.

4. anchor(Noun)

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

   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.

5. anchor(Noun)

   An anchorman or anchorwoman.

   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.

6. anchor(Verb)

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

   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.

7. anchor(Verb)

   To provide emotional stability for a person in distress.

   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.

8. anchor(Verb)

   To perform as an anchorman.

   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.

Webster Dictionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Anchor(noun)

   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

   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.]

2. Anchor(noun)

   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

   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.]

3. Anchor(noun)

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

   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.]

4. Anchor(noun)

   an emblem of hope

   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.]

5. Anchor(noun)

   a metal tie holding adjoining parts of a building together

   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.]

6. Anchor(noun)

   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

   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.]

7. Anchor(noun)

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

   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.]

8. Anchor(verb)

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

   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.]

9. Anchor(verb)

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

   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.]

10. Anchor(verb)

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

    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.]

11. Anchor(verb)

    to stop; to fix or rest

    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.]

12. Anchor(noun)

    an anchoret

    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.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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 Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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.

Anagrams for anchor »

1. noarch

2. Charon

3. archon

How to pronounce anchor?

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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. Chris Christie:

   The entire conversation about 'anchor babies' is a distraction that makes us sound like we're anti-immigrant, and we're not, our party is not that way. We want people to do it legally. Do it the right way.

2. President Barack Obama:

   If Congress kills this is deal, we will lose more than just constraints on Iran's nuclear program or the sanctions we have painstakingly built, we will have lost something more precious: America's credibility as a leader of diplomacy. America's credibility as the anchor of the international system.

3. Larry Caputo:

   I just cared for her enough that I was n’t going to let that affect us, i was n’t going to break up with her because she has this issue. I feltlike I was her anchor in those moments. It was a pattern and it would n’t last long, I knew that, so it just a matter of getting through whatever amount of time it took her to go through that anxiety attack.

4. Alfonso Aguilar:

   If they were to become the Republican nominees, they're not going to have a shot with Latino voters and that means they're not going to make it to the White House, not because of the term 'anchor baby' but because they want to end birthright citizenship.

5. Ettore Rossetti:

   Giving Tuesday enables us to have a formal anchor on the calendar that ushers in and starts the season of giving.

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