Meaning of लंगर in English
- 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.
- 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.
- To cast anchor; to come to anchor; as, our ship (or the captain) anchored in the stream.
- To stop; to fix or rest.
- An anchoret.
- of Anchor
- Held by an anchor; at anchor; held safely; as, an anchored bark; also, shaped like an anchor; forked; as, an anchored tongue.
- Having the extremities turned back, like the flukes of an anchor; as, an anchored cross.
- A body so suspended from a fixed point as to swing freely to and fro by the alternate action of gravity and momentum. It is used to regulate the movements of clockwork and other machinery.
- One who, or that which, ticks, or produces a ticking sound, as a watch or clock, a telegraphic sounder, etc.
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