anchor

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.

1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter X, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:

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

(nautical) 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).

(nautical) The combined anchoring gear (anchor, rode, bill/peak and fittings such as bitts, cat, and windlass.)

(heraldry) Representation of the nautical tool, used as a heraldic charge.

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.

(Internet) A marked point in a document that can be the target of a hyperlink.

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

2022 March 17, Aditya Chakrabortty, “Western values? They enthroned the monster who is shelling Ukrainians today”, in The Guardian:

(television) An anchorman or anchorwoman.

(athletics) The final runner in a relay race.

(archery) A point that is touched by the draw hand or string when the bow is fully drawn and ready to shoot.

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 […]

2006, Planning: For the Natural and Built Environment, numbers 1650-1666, page 15:

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

2007, A. Sivakumar, Retail Marketing, page 102:

(economics) A superstore or other facility that serves as a focus to bring customers into an area.

which hope we have as an anchor of the soul

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Hebrew 6:19:

(figurative) That which gives stability or security.

(architecture) A metal tie holding adjoining parts of a building together.

(architecture) 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 anchor-shaped spicules of certain sponges.

One of the calcareous spinules of certain holothurians, as in species of Synapta.

(cartomancy) The thirty-fifth Lenormand card.

Nor earth to me give food, nor heaven light, / Sport and repose lock from me day and night, / To desperation turn my trust and hope, / An anchor's cheer in prison be my scope.

c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):

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.

1967, Terry Carr, New Worlds of Fantasy, Ace Books, page 56:

[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.

2005, urban legend, The Wordsworth Book of Urban Legend, Wordsworth Editions, page 150

“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.

2008, Gavin Haines, “Wheels on fire”, in Bournemouth Daily Echo:

Phil Foden once again demonstrated his pedigree and will push for a start, while Leeds United's Kalvin Phillips will hope he has done enough to get a chance as a defensive midfield anchor if Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson fails to recover full fitness after groin surgery.

2021 March 31, Phil McNulty, “England 2-1 Poland: What shape are Gareth Southgate's side in?”, in BBC Sport:

(soccer) A defensive player, especially one who counters the opposition's best offensive player.

(cricket) A batter who remains in for a long time.

(climbing) A device for attaching a climber at the top of a climb, such as a chain or ring or a natural feature.

→ Chuukese: angko

àncora

any instrument serving similar purpose to anchor

dykdalb

(figuratively) which gives stability or security

From Middle English anker, from Old English ancor, ancra, from Latin ancora, from (or cognate with) Ancient Greek ἄγκυρα (ánkura). The modern form is a sixteenth-century modification after the Medieval Latin spelling anchora. Doublet of ancora and anker.


anchor

To connect an object, especially a ship or a boat, to a fixed point.

Our ship (or the captain) anchored in the stream.

My invention […] anchors on Isabel.

c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:

To provide emotional stability for a person in distress.

To perform as an anchorman or anchorwoman.

It is an incredible tale and one that makes no sense on so many levels. Only two years ago Leicester were anchored to the foot of the Premier League and staring at the prospect of relegation to the Championship under Nigel Pearson.

2017 March 14, Stuart James, “Leicester stun Sevilla to reach last eight after Kasper Schmeichel save”, in the Guardian:

To be stuck; to be unable to move away from a position.

en-verb

anchor (third-person singular simple present anchors, present participle anchoring, simple past and past participle anchored)

anchors (present singular third-person)
anchoring (participle present)
anchored (participle past)
anchored (past)

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From Middle English anchoren, ankeren, either from the noun or perhaps (via Old French ancrer) from a Medieval Latin verb ancorare, from the same Latin word ancora.


anchor

anchoir (genitive singular)
nominative (indefinite)
anchor (indefinite singular)
vocative (indefinite)
a anchoir (indefinite singular)
genitive (indefinite)
anchoir (indefinite singular)
dative (indefinite)
nominative (definite)
an t-anchor (definite singular)
genitive (definite)
an anchoir (definite singular)
dative (definite)
leis an anchor (definite singular)
don anchor (definite singular)
anchor
n-anchor
hanchor
t-anchor

From an- (“bad, unnatural”) + cor (“turn”) (compare droch-chor (“bad turn; unfortunate happening, ill plight”)).