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an·chor
I. \ˈaŋkə(r), ˈaiŋ-\ noun
(-s)
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English anker, ancre, from Old English ancer, ancor, from Latin ancora, anchora, from Greek ankyra; akin to Greek ankos bend, hollow, glen — more at angle
1.
a. : a device usually of metal (as steel) attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold the vessel in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom
< the trawler dropped anchor in the inner harbor >
— see stock I 6a
b. : any device (as a stone or piece of concrete) used in the manner of an anchor to hold a boat in place
2. : a reliable support (as in danger) : a source of confidence
< we have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul — Heb 6:19 (Revised Standard Version) >
3. : something that serves to hold an object firmly:
a. : a contrivance to hold the end of a bridge cable
b. : an arrangement of timber for holding a dam fast
c. : an escapement piece on which the pallets of a timepiece are formed or to which they are attached
d. : chaplet 4
e.
(1) : a device (as a metal tie) for giving stability to one part of a structure by making it fast to another (as a beam to a wall, one wall to another, or a stone facing to rough masonry behind it)
(2) : a tie rod with visible ends, decorated or plain
f. : the loop of a rope used by mountain climbers that is made fast to some fixed object (as a piton or tree)
g. : a boss to which one end of each brake shoe in an internal brake is pivoted to prevent its being dragged around by the drum
4. : an object shaped like a ship's anchor: as
a. : the dart an egg-and-dart molding
b. : spicule
< the anchors in certain holothurians >
5.
a. : the rear man on either side in a tug-of-war contest
b. or anchor man : the member of a team who competes last
< the anchor on a relay team >
< the anchor of a bowling team >
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- at anchor
 [anchor 1: A yachtsman's: 1 ring, 2 stock, 3 shank, 4 bill, 5 fluke, 6 arm, 7 throat, 8 crown; B grapnel; C mushroom]
II. verb
(anchored ; anchored ; anchoring \-k(ə)riŋ\ ; anchors)
Etymology: Middle English ancren, probably from anker, ancre, n.
transitive verb
1. : to hold in place in the water by an anchor
< anchor a dinghy with a grapnel >
— compare moor 1
2. : to secure firmly : fasten in a stable condition : fix
< anchor a post in concrete >
< anchor the roof of a house >
< anchor papers on a desk by a paperweight >
< the railroad car on the siding was anchored when the hand brakes were set >
< he was anchored to his home >
3. : to serve or act as an anchor for
< the loveliness of the Loire Valley might fail to anchor the attention of the hurried traveler — Isolde Farrell >
< anchored the Japanese women's relay team — Time >
4. psychology : to relate to a point or frame of reference (as to a person, a situation, an object, or a conceptual scheme)
intransitive verb
1. : to cast anchor : come to anchor
< the ship anchored in the stream >
2. : to become fixed : fix, rest, stop
< his attention anchors on his friend >
III. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English anker, ancre, from Old English ancor, ancra, from Old Irish anchara, from Late Latin anachoreta — more at anchorite
obsolete : anchorite, hermit
IV. noun
(-s)
obsolete : anker
V. noun
1. : an anchorman or anchorwoman
2. : a large store that attracts customers and other businesses to a shopping center or mall
VI. transitive verb
: to act or serve as anchor for
< anchor the evening news > |