1. anchor - Noun
2. anchor - Verb
3. Anchor - Proper noun
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.
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.
Fig.: That which gives stability or security; that on which we place dependence for safety.
An emblem of hope.
A metal tie holding adjoining parts of a building together.
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.
One of the anchor-shaped spicules of certain sponges; also, one of the calcareous spinules of certain Holothurians, as in species of Synapta.
To place at anchor; to secure by an anchor; as, to anchor a ship.
To fix or fasten; to fix in a stable condition; as, to anchor the cables of a suspension bridge.
To cast anchor; to come to anchor; as, our ship (or the captain) anchored in the stream.
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Source: Webster's dictionaryAmidst the confusion of the times, the conflicts of conscience, and the turmoil of daily living, an abiding faith becomes an anchor to our lives. Thomas S. Monson
It is a far, far better thing to have a firm anchor in nonsense than to put out on the troubled seas of thought. John Kenneth Galbraith
I recognize the Republican party as the sheet anchor of the colored man's political hopes and the ark of his safety. Frederick Douglass
Better to lose the anchor than the whole ship. Dutch Proverb
He is like the anchor that is always in the sea, yet does not learn to swim. Italian Proverb
A man without prudence is a ship without an anchor. Welsh Proverb