Anchor vs. Rudder

Anchornoun

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

Anchornoun

(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).

Anchornoun

(nautical) The combined anchoring gear (anchor, rode, bill/peak and fittings such as bitts, cat, and windlass.)

Anchornoun

(heraldry) Representation of the nautical tool, used as a heraldic charge.

Anchornoun

Any instrument serving a purpose like that of a ship's anchor, such as an arrangement of timber to hold a dam fast; a device to hold the end of a bridge cable etc.; or a device used in metalworking to hold the core of a mould in place.

Anchornoun

(Internet) A marked point in a document that can be the target of a hyperlink.

Anchornoun

(television) An anchorman or anchorwoman.

Anchornoun

(athletics) The final runner in a relay race.

Anchornoun

(archery) A point that is touched by the draw hand or string when the bow is fully drawn and ready to shoot.

Anchornoun

(economics) A superstore or other facility that serves as a focus to bring customers into an area.

Anchornoun

(figurative) That which gives stability or security.

Anchornoun

(architecture) A metal tie holding adjoining parts of a building together.

Anchornoun

(architecture) Carved work, somewhat resembling an anchor or arrowhead; part of the ornaments of certain mouldings. It is seen in the echinus, or egg-and-anchor (called also egg-and-dart, egg-and-tongue) ornament.

Anchornoun

One of the anchor-shaped spicules of certain sponges.

Anchornoun

One of the calcareous spinules of certain holothurians, as in species of Synapta.

Anchornoun

(cartomancy) The thirty-fifth Lenormand card.

Anchornoun

(obsolete) An anchorite or anchoress.

Anchorverb

To connect an object, especially a ship or a boat, to a fixed point.

Anchorverb

To cast anchor; to come to anchor.

Anchorverb

To stop; to fix or rest.

Anchorverb

To provide emotional stability for a person in distress.

Anchorverb

To perform as an anchorman or anchorwoman.

Anchorverb

To be stuck; to be unable to move away from a position.

Anchornoun

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.

Anchornoun

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.

Anchornoun

Fig.: That which gives stability or security; that on which we place dependence for safety.

Anchornoun

An emblem of hope.

Anchornoun

A metal tie holding adjoining parts of a building together.

Anchornoun

One of the anchor-shaped spicules of certain sponges; also, one of the calcareous spinules of certain Holothurians, as in species of Synapta.

Anchornoun

an achorman, anchorwoman, or anchorperson.

Anchornoun

An anchoret.

Anchorverb

To place at anchor; to secure by an anchor; as, to anchor a ship.

Anchorverb

To fix or fasten; to fix in a stable condition; as, to anchor the cables of a suspension bridge.

Anchorverb

To cast anchor; to come to anchor; as, our ship (or the captain) anchored in the stream.

Anchorverb

To stop; to fix or rest.

Anchornoun

a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving

Anchornoun

a central cohesive source of support and stability;

Anchornoun

a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute

Anchorverb

fix firmly and stably;

Anchorverb

secure a vessel with an anchor;

Anchornoun

a heavy object attached to a cable or chain and used to moor a ship to the sea bottom, typically having a metal shank with a pair of curved, barbed flukes at one end

Anchornoun

a person or thing that provides stability or confidence in an otherwise uncertain situation

Anchornoun

a large and prestigious department store prominently sited in a new shopping centre.

Anchornoun

the brakes of a car

Anchornoun

an anchorman or anchorwoman

Anchorverb

moor (a ship) to the sea bottom with an anchor

Anchorverb

secure firmly in position

Anchorverb

provide with a firm basis or foundation

Anchorverb

present and coordinate (a television or radio programme)

Anchor

An anchor is a device, normally made of metal, used to secure a vessel to the bed of a body of water to prevent the craft from drifting due to wind or current. The word derives from Latin ancora, which itself comes from the Greek ἄγκυρα (ankȳra).Anchors can either be temporary or permanent.

Ruddernoun

(nautical) An underwater vane used to steer a vessel. The rudder is controlled by means of a wheel, tiller or other apparatus (modern vessels can be controlled even with a joystick or an autopilot).

Ruddernoun

(aeronautics) A control surface on the vertical stabilizer of a fixed-wing aircraft or an autogyro. On some craft, the entire vertical stabilizer comprises the rudder. The rudder is controlled by foot-operated control pedals.

Ruddernoun

A riddle or sieve.

Ruddernoun

(figurative) That which resembles a rudder as a guide or governor; that which guides or governs the course.

Ruddernoun

A riddle or sieve.

Ruddernoun

The mechanical appliance by means of which a vessel is guided or steered when in motion. It is a broad and flat blade made of wood or iron, with a long shank, and is fastened in an upright position, usually by one edge, to the sternpost of the vessel in such a way that it can be turned from side to side in the water by means of a tiller, wheel, or other attachment.

Ruddernoun

Fig.: That which resembles a rudder as a guide or governor; that which guides or governs the course.

Ruddernoun

In an aircraft, a surface the function of which is to exert a turning moment about an axis of the craft.

Ruddernoun

a hinged vertical airfoil mounted at the tail of an aircraft and used to make horizontal course changes

Ruddernoun

(nautical) steering mechanism consisting of a hinged vertical plate mounted at the stern of a vessel

Rudder

A rudder is a primary control surface used to steer a ship, boat, submarine, hovercraft, aircraft, or other conveyance that moves through a fluid medium (generally air or water). On an aircraft the rudder is used primarily to counter adverse yaw and p-factor and is not the primary control used to turn the airplane.