anchor

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Reikšmė (anglų kalba)

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. A screw anchor.
14. 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.
15. One of the anchor-shaped spicules of certain sponges.
16. One of the calcareous spinules of certain holothurians, as in species of Synapta.
17. The thirty-fifth Lenormand card.
18. (obsolete) An anchorite or anchoress.
19. (slang) The brake of a vehicle.
20. A defensive player, especially one who counters the opposition's best offensive player.
21. A device for attaching a climber at the top of a climb, such as a chain or ring or a natural feature.

moor

call at a port

come alongside

lie at anchor

mooring anchor

ride at anchor

take shelter

talking head

fasten tightly

cable anchor

cost anchor

anchor rope

anchorwoman

anchor-man

anchor store

news anchor

stop

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/ˈæŋ.kə/

From Middle English anker, from Old English ancor, ancra, from Latin ancora, from (or cognate with) Ancient Greek ἄγκυρα (ánkura). The modern form is a sixteenth-century modification after the Medieval Latin spelling anchora.

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