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anchor noun 1 a heavy piece of metal attached by a cable to a ship and put overboard so that the barbs catch in the seabed or riverbed to restrict the ship's movement. 2 anything that acts as a weight to secure something else. 3 anything that gives security or stability. 4 athletics the last person to run in a relay race. 5 TV, radio the person in the studio who provides the links with outside broadcast reporters, between commercial breaks, etc. verb (anchored, anchoring) 1 to fasten (a ship) using an anchor. 2 to fasten anything securely. 3 intrans to drop an anchor and become moored by it; to be moored by an anchor. 4 TV, radio to sit in a studio and provide the links with outside broadcast reporters, between commercial breaks, etc. at anchor said of a ship: secured by an anchor. cast anchor to put an anchor overboard in order to restrict a ship's movement. ride at anchor said of a ship: to have a restricted amount of movement because its anchor is in use. weigh anchor to raise a ship's anchor in order to allow it to sail.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon ancor.