Italian Meaning of anchor
ancora
Other Italian words related to ancora
Nearest Words of anchor
- anchor chain => Catena dell'ancora
- anchor escapement => scappamento ad ancora
- anchor light => Fanale di fonda
- anchor ring => Anello di àncora
- anchor rope => cavo di ancoraggio
- anchor shot => inquadratura di ancoraggio
- anchor space => spaziatura di ancoraggio
- anchor watch => Guardia di veglia
- anchorable => ancorabile
- anchorage => ancoraggio
Definitions and Meaning of anchor in English
anchor (n)
a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving
a central cohesive source of support and stability
a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute
anchor (v)
fix firmly and stably
secure a vessel with an anchor
anchor (n.)
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.
Any instrument or contrivance serving a purpose like that of a ship's anchor, as an arrangement of timber to hold a dam fast; a contrivance to hold the end of a bridge cable, or other similar part; a contrivance used by founders to hold the core of a mold in place.
Fig.: That which gives stability or security; that on which we place dependence for safety.
An emblem of hope.
A metal tie holding adjoining parts of a building together.
Carved work, somewhat resembling an anchor or arrowhead; -- a part of the ornaments of certain moldings. It is seen in the echinus, or egg-and-anchor (called also egg-and-dart, egg-and-tongue) ornament.
One of the anchor-shaped spicules of certain sponges; also, one of the calcareous spinules of certain Holothurians, as in species of Synapta.
An anchoret.
anchor (v. t.)
To place at anchor; to secure by an anchor; as, to anchor a ship.
To fix or fasten; to fix in a stable condition; as, to anchor the cables of a suspension bridge.
anchor (v. i.)
To cast anchor; to come to anchor; as, our ship (or the captain) anchored in the stream.
To stop; to fix or rest.
FAQs About the word anchor
ancora
a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving, a central cohesive source of support and stability, a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to
conduttore del telegiornale,annunciatore,emittente,Giornalista televisivo,reporter ,conduttore del telegiornale,Giornalista,Commentatore,Corrispondente,Giornalista
estratto,allentato,allentare,tirare,staccare,liberare,premio,fare leva,(sradicare),Strappare (via)
ancestry => ascendenza, ancestress => antenata, ancestral => ancestrale, ancestorially => ancestralmente, ancestorial => ancestrale,
