ANCHOR
\ˈankə], \ˈankə], \ˈa_n_k_ə]\
Definitions of ANCHOR
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- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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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.
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Fig.: That which gives stability or security; that on which we place dependence for safety.
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An emblem of hope.
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A metal tie holding adjoining parts of a building together.
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One of the anchor-shaped spicules of certain sponges; also, one of the calcareous spinules of certain Holothurians, as in species of Synapta.
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To place at anchor; to secure by an anchor; as, to anchor a ship.
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To fix or fasten; to fix in a stable condition; as, to anchor the cables of a suspension bridge.
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To cast anchor; to come to anchor; as, our ship (or the captain) anchored in the stream.
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An anchoret.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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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.
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Fig.: That which gives stability or security; that on which we place dependence for safety.
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An emblem of hope.
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A metal tie holding adjoining parts of a building together.
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One of the anchor-shaped spicules of certain sponges; also, one of the calcareous spinules of certain Holothurians, as in species of Synapta.
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To place at anchor; to secure by an anchor; as, to anchor a ship.
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To fix or fasten; to fix in a stable condition; as, to anchor the cables of a suspension bridge.
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To cast anchor; to come to anchor; as, our ship (or the captain) anchored in the stream.
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An anchoret.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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A heavy iron implement for securing a vessel to the ground under water; that on which dependence is placed for security or stablility; a metallic clamp securing a tie-rod connecting opposite walls to prevent bulging.
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To secure a vessel by a heavy iron implement lowered into the water; grapple; hold fast.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A hooked iron instrument that holds a ship by sticking into the ground: (fig.) anything that gives stability or security.
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To fix by an anchor: to fasten.
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To cast anchor: to stop, or rest on.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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