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As she waited, she began to study the anchor cables around her.

Finally on the fourth day one of the anchor ropes sheered through and we lost that anchor to the gale.

The weather segments also give the anchors a chance to banter with the weather people and lighten the proceedings.

These ancient trees are a spiritual anchor that our culture needs to hold on to.

His one serious anchor was the friendship with Madame Phan.Neither parliament nor the law was open, though these provided both soaring fame and a practical anchor for similarly gifted men.We dropped anchor a few yards offshore.He was martyred when thrown into the Black Sea with an anchor tied to him.2 especially American English AMT someone who reads the news on TV and introduces news reports SYN newsreader British English Dan Rather, anchor of the CBC Evening News 3 HELP someone or something that provides a feeling of support and safety Dad was the anchor of the family. The next morning, they weighed anchor (=lifted the anchor ) and began to move south again.

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English anchor an‧chor 1 / ˈæŋkə $ -ər / noun 1 TTW a piece of heavy metal that is lowered to the bottom of the sea, a lake etc to prevent a ship or boat moving at anchor The ship was at anchor.