To stop; to fix or rest.
To be stuck; to be unable to move away from a position.
To connect an object, especially a ship or a boat, to a fixed point.
To perform as an anchorman or anchorwoman.
To cast anchor; to come to anchor.
To provide emotional stability for a person in distress.
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.
A metal tie holding adjoining parts of a building together.
A marked point in a document that can be the target of a hyperlink.
The combined anchoring gear (anchor, rode, bill/peak and fittings such as bitts, cat, and windlass.)
A tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a sea or river to resist movement.
That which gives stability or security.
A screw anchor.
Carved work, somewhat resembling an anchor or arrowhead; part of the ornaments of certain mouldings. It is seen in the echinus, or egg-and-anchor (called also egg-and-dart, egg-and-tongue) ornament.
One of the calcareous spinules of certain holothurians, as in species of Synapta.
The thirty-fifth Lenormand card.
A superstore or other facility that serves as a focus to bring customers into an area.
One of the anchor-shaped spicules of certain sponges.
The brake of a vehicle.
A defensive player, especially one who counters the opposition's best offensive player.
A point that is touched by the draw hand or string when the bow is fully drawn and ready to shoot.
A device for attaching a climber at the top of a climb, such as a chain or ring or a natural feature.
An iron device so shaped as to grip the bottom and hold a vessel at her berth by the chain or rope attached. (FM 55-501).
The final runner in a relay race.
An anchorman or anchorwoman.
Representation of the nautical tool, used as a heraldic charge.
To cause or allow (something) to remain as available; to refrain from taking (something) away; to stop short of consuming or otherwise depleting (something) entirely.
To cause, to result in.
To let be or do without interference.
To transfer possession of after death.
To give leave to; allow; permit; let; grant.
To produce leaves or foliage.
To put; to place; to deposit; to deliver, with a sense of withdrawing oneself.
To give (something) to someone; to deliver (something) to a repository; to deposit.
To depart; to go away from a certain place or state.
To transfer responsibility or attention of (something) (to someone); to stop being concerned with.
To depart from; to end one's connection or affiliation with.
To end one's membership in (a group); to terminate one's affiliation with (an organization); to stop participating in (a project).
The action of the batsman not attempting to play at the ball.
The arrangement of balls in play that remains after a shot is made (which determines whether the next shooter — who may be either the same player, or an opponent — has good options, or only poor ones).
Permission to be absent; time away from one's work.
Permission.