Anchor

Definition:

(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.) An anchoret.

Compare anchor with other words:

anchor vs. brace

anchor vs. occasion

anchor vs. lifeboat

anchor vs. rudder

anchor vs. race

anchor vs. host

anchor vs. kedger

anchor vs. killock

anchor vs. catfall

anchor vs. pedicle

anchor vs. anchorless

anchor vs. interesting

anchor vs. pair

absorb vs. anchor

anchor vs. felucca

anchor vs. inform

anchor vs. secant

anchor vs. people

anchor vs. macedonian

anchor vs. musical

anchor vs. light

anchor vs. craft

anchor vs. breton

anchor vs. resound

anchor vs. round

anchor vs. play

anchor vs. slavic

anchor vs. prostitute

anchor vs. mali

anchor vs. performer

anchor vs. hoist

anchor vs. meter

anchor vs. ringstraked

anchor vs. concertina

anchor vs. blossom

anchor vs. water

anchor vs. ringpiece

anchor vs. bavarian

anchor vs. knife

admirer vs. anchor

anchor vs. pleasant

aficionado vs. anchor

anchor vs. malkin

anchor vs. precious

anchor vs. sport

anchor vs. stroke

anchor vs. ringleader

anchor vs. inch

anchor vs. bell

anchor vs. current

anchor vs. ringworm

anchor vs. puss

anchor vs. unit

anchor vs. manx

anchor vs. nubian

anchor vs. malayalam

anchor vs. ringdove

anchor vs. turkic

anchor vs. fond

admire vs. anchor

anchor vs. brawl

anchor vs. time

anchor vs. meow

anchor vs. ringer

anchor vs. family

anchor vs. zero

anchor vs. basque

anchor vs. language

anchor vs. burmese

anchor vs. bloom

anchor vs. ringed

anchor vs. object

anchor vs. extinct

anchor vs. lion

anchor vs. rhythm

anchor vs. vision

anchor vs. devotee

anchor vs. ringneck

anchor vs. russia

anchor vs. ringlet

anchor vs. pertain

anchor vs. wind

anchor vs. sector

anchor vs. reverberate

anchor vs. bloke

anchor vs. operate

anchor vs. planar

anchor vs. migration

anchor vs. ringing

anchor vs. perform

anchor vs. arena

anchor vs. verse

anchor vs. planet

anchor vs. russian

anchor vs. tribe

anchor vs. small

anchor vs. wild

anchor vs. appear

anchor vs. motor

anchor vs. block

anchor vs. patio

anchor vs. fare

anchor vs. porch

anchor vs. ball

anchor vs. fight

anchor vs. track

anchor vs. front

anchor vs. capacity

anchor vs. hawse

anchor vs. anchorable

anchor vs. picket

anchor vs. unanchor

anchor vs. mooring

anchor vs. billboard

anchor vs. anchorperson

anchor vs. grapnel

anchor vs. cathead

anchor vs. tether

anchor vs. cutting

anchor vs. india

anchor vs. food

anchor vs. batsman

anchor vs. tomcat

anchor vs. portion

anchor vs. divide

anchor vs. memory

anchor vs. eurasian

anchor vs. trisect

anchor vs. permit

anchor vs. picul

anchor vs. scale

anchor vs. attend

anchor vs. bitter

anchor vs. campana

anchor vs. start

anchor vs. ring

anchor vs. prior

anchor vs. practice

anchor vs. reduce

anchor vs. mouser

anchor vs. undercut

anchor vs. being

anchor vs. quiet

anchor vs. editing

anchor vs. coda

anchor vs. urban

anchor vs. member

anchor vs. hold

anchor vs. prehistoric

anchor vs. cease

anchor vs. anker

anchor vs. crossbar

anchor vs. clinch

anchor vs. anchored

anchor vs. bumboat

anchor vs. bower

anchor vs. warp

anchor vs. boatswain

anchor vs. offing

anchor vs. catenary

anchor vs. kedge

anchor vs. dowel

anchor vs. propeller

anchor vs. beam

anchor vs. davit

acockbill vs. anchor

anchor vs. harbor

anchor vs. dolphin

anchor vs. keel

anchor vs. aweigh

anchor vs. awash

anchor vs. fluke

anchor vs. moor

anchor vs. club

anchor vs. bill

anchor vs. crown

anchor vs. target

anchor vs. document

affix vs. anchor

anchor vs. windlass

anchor vs. bitts

anchor vs. grip

anchor vs. iron

anchor vs. device

anchor vs. stern

anchor vs. vessel

anchor vs. rode

anchor vs. cable

anchor vs. back

anchor vs. bend

anchor vs. road

anchor vs. cast

anchor vs. length

anchor vs. optic

anchor vs. ship

anchor vs. sordes

anchor vs. lengthways

anchor vs. enter

anchor vs. commit

anchor vs. catnip

anchor vs. carrack

anchor vs. bisect

anchor vs. woman

anchor vs. vigor

anchor vs. screw

anchor vs. ringtail

anchor vs. rhythmical

anchor vs. metre

anchor vs. intersect

anchor vs. impart

anchor vs. fellate

anchor vs. gang

anchor vs. flourish

anchor vs. cube

anchor vs. catling

anchor vs. branch

anchor vs. bird

anchor vs. anchorage

anchor vs. aves

anchor vs. stock

anchor vs. section

anchor vs. incline

anchor vs. species

anchor vs. battalion

anchor vs. blow

anchor vs. china

anchor vs. mast

anchor vs. inflorescence

anchor vs. army

anchor vs. waste

abdomen vs. anchor

anchor vs. natural