anchor

/ˈæŋ.kə//ˈæŋ.kɚ/

noun

1
A tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a sea or river to resist movement.
2
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).
3
The combined anchoring gear (anchor, rode, bill/peak and fittings such as bitts, cat, and windlass.)
4
Representation of the nautical tool, used as a heraldic charge.
5
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.
6
A marked point in a document that can be the target of a hyperlink.
7
An anchorman or anchorwoman.
8
The final runner in a relay race.
9
A point that is touched by the draw hand or string when the bow is fully drawn and ready to shoot.
10
A superstore or other facility that serves as a focus to bring customers into an area.
11
That which gives stability or security.
12
A metal tie holding adjoining parts of a building together.
13
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.
14
One of the anchor-shaped spicules of certain sponges.
15
One of the calcareous spinules of certain holothurians, as in species of Synapta.
16
The thirty-fifth Lenormand card.
17
An anchorite or anchoress.

1
To connect an object, especially a ship or a boat, to a fixed point.
2
To cast anchor; to come to anchor.
“Our ship (or the captain) anchored in the stream.”
3
To stop; to fix or rest.
4
To provide emotional stability for a person in distress.
5
To perform as an anchorman or anchorwoman.
6
To be stuck; to be unable to move away from a position.