Définitions
1.NounA tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a sea or river to resist movement.
2.NounAn iron device so shaped as to grip the bottom and hold a vessel at her berth by the chain or rope attached.
3.NounThe combined anchoring gear (anchor, rode, bill/peak and fittings such as bitts, cat, and windlass.)
4.NounRepresentation of the nautical tool, used as a heraldic charge.
5.NounAny 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.
6.NounA marked point in a document that can be the target of a hyperlink.
7.NounA line of code in a program which acts as a reference point for further code to be added immediately before or after, usually via copy and paste.
8.NounAn anchorman or anchorwoman.
9.NounThe final runner in a relay race.
10.NounA point that is touched by the draw hand or string when the bow is fully drawn and ready to shoot.
11.NounA superstore or other facility that serves as a focus to bring customers into an area.
12.NounThat which gives stability or security.
13.NounA metal tie holding adjoining parts of a building together.
14.NounA screw anchor.
15.NounCarved 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.
16.NounOne of the anchor-shaped spicules of certain sponges.
17.NounOne of the calcareous spinules of certain holothurians, as in species of Synapta.
18.NounThe thirty-fifth Lenormand card.
19.NounThe brake of a vehicle.
20.NounA defensive player, especially one who counters the opposition's best offensive player.
21.NounA batter who remains in for a long time.
22.NounA device for attaching a climber at the top of a climb, such as a chain or ring or a natural feature.
23.VerbTo connect an object, especially a ship or a boat, to a fixed point.
24.VerbTo cast anchor; to come to anchor."Our ship (or the captain) anchored in the stream."
25.VerbTo stop; to fix or rest.
26.VerbTo provide emotional stability for a person in distress.
27.VerbTo perform as an anchorman or anchorwoman.
28.VerbTo be stuck; to be unable to move away from a position.
29.NounAn anchorite or anchoress.
30.NounAlternative form of anker.