anchor

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for anchor

anchor 🔊 /æˈŋkɚ/

anchor : ලකනක

anchor : බරුව

anchor : නවතිනවා

anchor : නැංගුරම හෙළනවා

anchor : සිනිකඳ

anchor : සිනි

anchor : නැංගුරම

anchor : සීනි එළනවා

anchor : ආධාරය

anchor : ආරක්ෂාව සලසන දේ

anchor : ලකනැකිය

anchor : නැංගුරම් ලනවා

English Verbs with Sinhala meanings

PresentPastPast ParticipleGerundSinhala Meaning
anchoranchoredanchoredanchoringநங்கூரம் பாய்ச்சு

anchor definition

Noun.

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Fig.: That which gives stability or security; that on which we place dependence for safety.
  4. An emblem of hope.
  5. A metal tie holding adjoining parts of a building together.
  6. 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.
  7. One of the anchor-shaped spicules of certain sponges; also, one of the calcareous spinules of certain Holothurians, as in species of Synapta.
  8. An anchoret.

Transitive verb.

  1. To place at anchor; to secure by an anchor; as, to anchor a ship.
  2. To fix or fasten; to fix in a stable condition; as, to anchor the cables of a suspension bridge.

Intransitive verb.

  1. To cast anchor; to come to anchor; as, our ship (or the captain) anchored in the stream.
  2. To stop; to fix or rest.