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English
Image:Kotwica SS Pozna�.JPG|thumb|right|An anchor (nautical).
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Etymology
OE. ancor, from L. ancora, from (or cognate with) AGr. polytonic|�γκῡ�α. The modern spelling is a sixteenth-century modification to better represent the Latin misspelling anchora.

Pronunciation
(UK): IPA|/�æ�k�/, SAMPA|/"{Nk3`/
(US): AHD|�ngʹk�r, IPA|/�æ�k�/, SAMPA|/"{Nk@`/
audio|en-us-anchor.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-æ�k�(r)|-æ�k�(r)

Noun
en-noun

1. nautical A tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a sea or river to resist movement.

#:*Formerly a vessel would differentiate amongst the anchors carried as waist anchor, best bower, bower, stream and kedge anchors, depending on purpose and, to a great extent, on mass and size of the anchor. Modern usage is storm anchor for the heaviest anchor with the longest rode, best bower or simply bower for the most commonly used anchor deployed from the bow, and stream or lunch hook for a small, light anchor used for temporary moorage and often deployed from the stern.
#:*nautical 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).

1. nautical Generic term to refer to the combined anchoring gear (anchor, rode, and fittings such as bitts, cat, and windlass.)
2. A fixed point, especially materials or tools used to affix something at that point.
3. internet An HTML/XHTML mark-up tag to define a position in a file, or a link to a URL.
4. italbrac|television An anchorman or anchorwoman.

Translations
trans-top|tool to hook a vessel into sea bottom
CJKV Characters: �, �; �
Chinese: �, � (máo)
Czech: kotva f
Danish: anker
Dutch: anker n
Finnish: ankkuri
French: ancre f
German: Anker m
Hebrew: ע��� (ogen) m
Hungarian: horgony
Icelandic: akkeri n
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Interlingua: anchore
Italian: ancora f
Japanese: � (���, ikari)
Korean: � (dat)
Old English: ancor m
Polish: kotwica f
Portuguese: escora f
Romanian: ancora f
Russian: �ко�� (jákor�) m
Serbian: kotva f, sidro n
Slovene: sidro n
Spanish: ancla f
Swedish: ankare
Volapük: nak
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trans-top|anchoring gear as a whole
Finnish: ankkurivarustus
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trans-top|tools to affix something at a fixed point
Finnish: ankkuri
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trans-top|HTML tag or link
Finnish: linkki
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trans-top|TV anchorman
Finnish: ankkuri
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ttbc|Italian: ancoraggio m
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Verb
en-verb

1. To hold an object, especially a ship or a boat to a fixed point.
2. To provide emotional stability for a person in distress.
3. To perform as an anchorman.

Translations
trans-top|to hold an object to a fixed point
Dutch: het anker uitwerpen, verankeren
Finnish: ankkuroida
French: ancrer
German: ankern
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Interlingua: anchorar
Polish: zakotwiczy�
Portuguese: escorar
Slovene: zasidrati
Spanish: anclar
Swedish: ankra
Volapük: nakön len
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trans-top|to provide emotional stability
Finnish: tukea
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trans-top|to perform as a TV anchorman
Finnish: toimia ankkuri|ankkurina
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Related terms
anchorage
weigh anchor

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