simple past tense and past participle of anchor

(heraldry) Having the extremities turned back, like the flukes of an anchor.

To connect an object, especially a ship or a boat, to a fixed point. / To cast anchor; to come to anchor. / To stop; to fix or rest. / To provide emotional stability for a person in distress.

Alternative form of anker

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

The act or means by which something is anchored or made firm.

present participle of anchor

Capable of being anchored. / That can be used as an anchorage.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of anchor

plural of anchor