Look up: anchor


  1. Anchor
    Anchor is slang for a juror who has been bribed to influence other jurors to vote for an acquittal.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/ZAA.HTM

  2. anchor
    [n] - a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute 2. [n] - a central cohesive source of support and stability 3. [n] - a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving 4. [v] - fix firmly and stably 5. [v] - secure a vesse...
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=anchor

  3. Anchor
    To secure a set piece to the stage floor.
    Found op http://www.queens-theatre.co.uk/technical/glossaryoftheatreterms.htm

  4. Anchor
    In a HTML page content, an area which is the source or destination of a hypertext link.
    Found op http://www.multimania.co.uk/support/glossary/A/

  5. Anchor
    The position were the hand that draws the bow string is positioned when at full draw.
    Found op http://www.oldbasingarchers.co.uk/glossary/glossarya-c.html

  6. Anchor
    Any type of hook or weight used to grip the bottom and attached by a cable prevent the boats drifting. There are different types of anchors.
    Found op http://www.go-sail.co.uk/dglossa.html

  7. Anchor
    A weighty grappling hook used for holding a ship fast.
    Found op http://www.diracdelta.co.uk/science/source/a/n/anchor/source.html

  8. Anchor
    a metal hook that holds a boat to the sea bed
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php

  9. Anchor
    Any stimulus that is associated with a specific response. Anchors happen naturally, and they can also be set up intentionally, for example, ringing a bell to get peoples attention, or more subtly, standing in a particular place when answering questions.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20781

  10. anchor
    A feature that connects a frame or framed object to a paragraph. Anchors can be Locked or Unlocked. A frame is always anchored to a paragraph. Locking an anchor to a specific paragraph ensures that the frame always appears on the same page as the paragraph to which it is anchored.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php

  11. Anchor
    An'chor (ăn'kẽr) noun [ Middle English anker , Anglo-Saxon ancor , oncer , Latin ancora , sometimes spelt anchora , from Greek 'a`gkyra , akin to English angle : confer French ancre
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/79

  12. Anchor
    An'chor transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Anchored ; present participle & verbal noun Anchoring .] [ Confer French ancrer .] 1. To place at anchor; to secure by ...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/79



  1. Anchor
    An'chor intransitive verb 1. To cast anchor; to come to anchor; as, our ship (or the captain) anchored in the stream. 2. To stop; to fix or rest. « My invention . . . anchors on Isabel. Shak. »
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/79

  2. Anchor
    An'chor noun [ Middle English anker , ancre , Anglo-Saxon ancra , from Latin anachoreta . See Anchoret .] An anchoret. [ Obsolete] Shak.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/79

  3. anchor
    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. ... The common anchor consists of a straight bar called a shank, having at one end a transverse b...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?anchor

  4. anchor
    ground tackle noun a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=anchor

  5. anchor
    mainstay noun a central cohesive source of support and stability; `faith is his anchor`; `the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money`; `he is the linchpin of this firm`
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=anchor

  6. anchor
    anchorman noun a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=anchor

  7. anchor
    cast anchor verb secure a vessel with an anchor; `We anchored at Baltimore`
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=anchor

  8. Anchor
    • (n.) One of the anchor-shaped spicules of certain sponges; also, one of the calcareous spinules of certain Holothurians, as in species of Synapta. • (v. t.) To place at anchor; to secure by an anchor; as, to anchor a ship. • (n.) An anchoret. • (n.) A metal tie holding adjoinin...
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/anchor/

  9. anchor
    (from the article `computer programming language`) HTML documents also contain anchors, which are tags that specify links to other Web pages. An anchor has the form <A HREF= ...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/a/69

  10. anchor
    device, usually of metal, attached to a ship or boat by a cable or chain and lowered to the seabed to hold the vessel in a particular place by means ...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/a/69

  11. Anchor
    An object designed to grip the ground, under a body of water, to hold the boat in a selected area
    Found op http://andrews.com/kysc/terms.html

  12. Anchor
    Device for securing portable buildings to ground.
    Found op http://www.modspace.com/resources/glossary/

  13. Anchor
    [album] Anchor is the first album by Trespassers William, released in 1999 on Sonikwire Records. The album is long out of print, but has found new life on iTunes, due to their exposure on The O.C. and One Tree Hill. While no songs from Anchor are on either show, fans of their sound have soug...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anchor_(album)

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