meaning of anchors

1. 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.
2.
Any instrument or contrivance serving a purpose like that of a ships 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.
3.
Fig. : That which gives stability or security; that on which we place dependence for safety.
4.
An emblem of hope.
5.
A metal tie holding adjoining parts of a building together.
6.
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.
7.
One of the anchor-shaped spicules of certain sponges; also, one of the calcareous spinules of certain Holothurians, as in species of Synapta.
8.
To place at anchor; to secure by an anchor; as, to anchor a ship.
9.
To fix or fasten; to fix in a stable condition; as, to anchor the cables of a suspension bridge.
10.
To cast anchor; to come to anchor; as, our ship (or the captain) anchored in the stream.
11.
To stop; to fix or rest.
12.
An anchoret.
13.
a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving


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