anchor
suomi-englanti sanakirjaanchor englannista suomeksi
ankkuri
ankkuroida, ankkuroitua
Substantiivi
anchor englanniksi
A tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a sea or river to resist movement.
(RQ:Lincoln Pratt's Patients)
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).
The combined anchoring gear (anchor, rode, bill/peak and fittings such as bitts, cat, and windlass.)
Representation of the nautical tool, used as a heraldic charge.
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.
(senseid) A marked point in a document that can be the target of a hyperlink.
(senseid) An anchorman or anchorwoman.
(quote-web)
The final runner in a race.
A point that is touched by the draw hand or string when the bow is fully drawn and ready to shoot.
A superstore or other facility that serves as a focus to bring customers into an area.
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That which gives stability or security.
(RQ:KJV)
A anchor.
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.
One of the calcareous spinules of certain holothurians, as in species of ''Synapta''.
The thirty-fifth Lenormand card.
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2005, urban legend, ''The Wordsworth Book of Urban Legend'', Wordsworth Editions, page 150:
- Police: ‘… when we blow the horn, you do an emergency stop.’ So the (l) did as he was bid and, hearing an almighty horn blast stepped on the anchors. There was a most tremendous crash as the Police car ran into the back of his Austin.
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A defensive player, especially one who counters the opposition's best offensive player.
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A device for attaching a climber at the top of a climb, such as a chain or ring or a natural feature.
To connect an object, especially a ship or a boat, to a fixed point.
To anchor; to come to anchor.
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(RQ:Shakespeare Measure) anchors on Isabel.
To perform as an anchorman or anchorwoman.
To be stuck; to be unable to move away from a position.
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(RQ:Shakespeare Hamlet Q1-2)
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