anchor (ˈæŋkə
)
Definitions
noun
- any of several devices, usually of steel, attached to a vessel by a cable and dropped overboard so as to grip the bottom and restrict the vessel's movement
- an object used to hold something else firmly in place ⇒
the rock provided an anchor for the rope
- a source of stability or security ⇒
religion was his anchor
- a metal cramp, bolt, or similar fitting, esp one used to make a connection to masonry
- ((as modifier) ⇒
anchor bolt
anchor plate
- the rear person in a tug-of-war team
- short for anchorman , anchorwoman
- See at anchor
- See cast anchor
- See drag anchor
- See ride at anchor
- See weigh anchor
verb
- to use an anchor to hold (a vessel) in one place
- to fasten or be fastened securely; fix or become fixed firmly
- (tr) radio television to act as an anchorman on
See also
anchorsWord Origin
Old English ancor, from Latin ancora, from Greek ankura; related to Greek ankos bend; compare Latin uncus bent, hookedSynonyms
View thesaurus entry=
dock,
moor,
harbour,
drop anchor,
kedge,
cast anchor,
drop the hook let go the anchor lay anchor
come to anchor,
kedge off
Translations
- British English:
anchor
An anchor is a heavy hooked object at the end of a chain that is dropped from a boat into the water to make the boat stay in one place.ˈæŋkə NOUN
- Spanish:
ancla
nm
- French:
ancre
nf
- German:
Anker
nm Anker
- Chinese: 锚 n
- Arabic: مِرْسَاة n
- Portuguese: âncora nf
- Russian: якорь nm
- Croatian: sidro nnt
- Czech: kotva nf
- Danish: anker nutr
- Dutch: anker nnt
- Finnish: ankkuri n
- Greek: άγκυρα nf
- Italian: ancora nf
- Japanese: 錨 n
- Korean: 닻 n
- Norwegian: anker nnt
- Polish: kotwica nf
- Brazilian Portuguese: âncora nf
- European Spanish:
ancla
nm
- Swedish: ankare nnt
- Thai: สมอเรือ n
- Turkish: çapa n
- Vietnamese: mỏ neo n
Usage examples
The dog was sound asleep on the quarter berth, obviously no longer on anchor watch.
, Cormorant (1994)As we rounded the last headland we saw still afloat and at anchor , and apparently undamaged, our boat.
Yachting Boating World (2005)He found this darned hilarious, and the Global anchor didn't.
Globe and Mail (2003)Two crippled vessels, rotting and abandoned, lay at anchor close to the shoreline.
Glasgow Herald (2001)She lifts the child out of his harness and settles him on a marble anchor inscribed with the motto God is Love.
, What the Bee Knows - reflections on myth, symbol and story (1989)