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▸ noun:  (nautical) A tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a sea or river to resist movement.
▸ noun:  (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).
▸ noun:  (nautical) The combined anchoring gear (anchor, rode, bill/peak and fittings such as bitts, cat, and windlass.)
▸ noun:  (heraldry) Representation of the nautical tool, used as a heraldic charge.
▸ noun:  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.
▸ noun:  (Internet) A marked point in a document that can be the target of a hyperlink.
▸ noun:  (television) An anchorman or anchorwoman.
▸ noun:  (athletics) The final runner in a relay race.
▸ noun:  (archery) A point that is touched by the draw hand or string when the bow is fully drawn and ready to shoot.
▸ noun:  (economics) A superstore or other facility that serves as a focus to bring customers into an area.
▸ noun:  (figurative) That which gives stability or security.
▸ noun:  (architecture) A metal tie holding adjoining parts of a building together.
▸ noun:  (US) A screw anchor.
▸ noun:  (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.
▸ noun:  One of the anchor-shaped spicules of certain sponges.
▸ noun:  One of the calcareous spinules of certain holothurians, as in species of Synapta.
▸ noun:  (cartomancy) The thirty-fifth Lenormand card.
▸ noun:  (obsolete) An anchorite or anchoress.
▸ noun:  (slang) The brake of a vehicle.
▸ noun:  (soccer) A defensive player, especially one who counters the opposition's best offensive player.
▸ noun:  (cricket) A batter who remains in for a long time.
▸ noun:  (climbing) A device for attaching a climber at the top of a climb, such as a chain or ring or a natural feature.
▸ verb:  To connect an object, especially a ship or a boat, to a fixed point.
▸ verb:  To cast anchor; to come to anchor.
▸ verb:  To stop; to fix or rest.
▸ verb:  To provide emotional stability for a person in distress.
▸ verb:  To perform as an anchorman or anchorwoman.
▸ verb:  To be stuck; to be unable to move away from a position.
▸ noun:  A male given name.
▸ noun:  Alternative form of anker [(obsolete) A measure of wine or spirit equal to 10 gallons; a barrel of this capacity.]

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