English to English
noun
- a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: Webster 1913
- An anchoret.
source: Webster 1913
verb
- fix firmly and stably
Anchor the lamppost in concrete.
source: WordNet 3.0
- secure a vessel with an anchor
We anchored at Baltimore.
source: WordNet 3.0
- To place at anchor; to secure by an anchor; as, to anchor a ship.
source: Webster 1913
- To cast anchor; to come to anchor; as, our ship (or the captain) anchored in the stream.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
noun
- [ánkær] Sinipete; sawo
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
verb
- [ánkær] Mahulog ng sinipete
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
