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anchor definition and meaning
n.
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.
n.
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.
n.
Fig.: That which gives stability or security; that on which we place dependence for safety.
n.
An emblem of hope.
n.
A metal tie holding adjoining parts of a building together.
n.
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.
n.
One of the anchor-shaped spicules of certain sponges; also, one of the calcareous spinules of certain Holothurians, as in species of Synapta.
v. t.
To place at anchor; to secure by an anchor; as, to anchor a ship.
v. t.
To fix or fasten; to fix in a stable condition; as, to anchor the cables of a suspension bridge.
v. i.
To cast anchor; to come to anchor; as, our ship (or the captain) anchored in the stream.
v. i.
To stop; to fix or rest.
n.
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