To cast anchor; to come to anchor.
To be stuck; to be unable to move away from a position.
To stop; to fix or rest.
To connect an object, especially a ship or a boat, to a fixed point.
To perform as an anchorman or anchorwoman.
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 instill.
To insert a morpheme inside an existing word.
A morpheme that always appears between other morphemes in a word, such as -i- and -o- in English (i.e. an interfix).
A morpheme inserted inside an existing word, such as -bloody- in English.