Meaning

(nautical) A tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a sea or river to resist movement..

Definitions by Sense

1. (nautical) A tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a sea or river to resist movement.
2. (nautical) An iron device so shaped as to grip the bottom and hold a vessel at her berth by the chain or rope attached.
3. (nautical) The combined anchoring gear (anchor, rode, bill/peak and fittings such as bitts, cat, and windlass.)
4. (heraldry) Representation of the nautical tool, used as a heraldic charge.
5. Any instrument serving a purpose like that of a ship's anchor, such as an arrangement of timber to hold a dam fast; a device to hold the end of a bridge cable etc.; or a device used in metalworking to hold the core of a mould in place.
6. (Internet) A marked point in a document that can be the target of a hyperlink.
7. (computing) A line of code in a program which acts as a reference point for further code to be added immediately before or after, usually via copy and paste.
8. (television) An anchorman or anchorwoman.

Example Sentences

Men that I knew around Wapatomac didn't wear high, shiny plug hats, nor yeller spring overcoats, nor carry canes with ivory heads as big as a catboat's anchor, as you might say.

Condoleezza Rice pops up on Fox to be told by the anchor: “When you invade a sovereign nation, that is a war crime.”

Supermarkets have also had to adjust. Tesco, Sainsbury's and Asda have put a much greater emphasis on developing smaller high street stores or becoming anchors for mixed-used regeneration schemes […]

However, mall developers offer huge discounts to department stores because these anchors create traffic […]

which hope we have as an anchor of the soul

[Police:] ‘… when we blow the horn, you do an emergency stop.’ So the foaf did as he was bid and, hearing an almighty horn blast stepped on the anchors. There was a most tremendous crash as the Police car ran into the back of his Austin.

I saw Tim look back through the rear window of the cab and prayed he wouldn't do the first thing that came into his mind and step on the anchors.

“Brake, brake, brake! You need to scrub off more speed before you enter the corner,” he explained, as I took his advice and jumped on the anchors.

Word Forms

• anchors
• anchour
• anchoring
• anchored

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