Definition of anchor

noun (n)

• a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving (noun.artifact)

  Synonym: ground tackle
  

  source: wordnet30
• a central cohesive source of support and stability (noun.cognition)

  Synonym: backbone, keystone, linchpin, lynchpin, mainstay
  

  Example:
  Faith is his anchor.
  

  source: wordnet30
• a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute (noun.person)

  Synonym: anchorman, anchorperson
  

  source: wordnet30
• 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. (noun)

  source: webster1913
• An anchoret. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• fix firmly and stably (verb.contact)

  Synonym: ground
  

  Example:
  Anchor the lamppost in concrete.
  

  source: wordnet30
• secure a vessel with an anchor (verb.contact)

  Synonym: cast anchor, drop anchor
  

  Example:
  We anchored at Baltimore.
  

  source: wordnet30
• To place at anchor; to secure by an anchor; as, to anchor a ship. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• To cast anchor; to come to anchor; as, our ship (or the captain) anchored in the stream. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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