moat

moat

M0358900 (mōt)n.1. A deep wide ditch, usually filled with water, typically surrounding a fortified medieval town, fortress, or castle as a protection against assault.2. A ditch similar to one surrounding a fortification: A moat separates the animals in the zoo from the spectators.tr.v. moat·ed, moat·ing, moats To surround with or as if with a moat.

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[Middle English mote, mound, moat (since both mounds and moats form part of fortifications), from Old French, mound; akin to Medieval Latin mota, perhaps of Germanic origin and akin to English mud.]

moat

(məʊt) n (Fortifications) a wide water-filled ditch surrounding a fortified place, such as a castlevb (Fortifications) (tr) to surround with or as if with a moat[C14: from Old French motte mound]

moat

(moʊt)

n. 1. a deep, wide trench, usu. filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle. 2. any similar trench, as one used for confining animals in a zoo. [1325–75; Middle English mote mound, hill, ditch, moat < Old French, c. Old Provençal mota < pre-Latin *mutta]

moat

- From French mote/motte, meaning "mound."See also related terms for mound.

moat

Past participle: moated
Gerund: moating

Imperative
moat
moat

Present
I moat
you moat
he/she/it moats
we moat
you moat
they moat

Preterite
I moated
you moated
he/she/it moated
we moated
you moated
they moated

Present Continuous
I am moating
you are moating
he/she/it is moating
we are moating
you are moating
they are moating

Present Perfect
I have moated
you have moated
he/she/it has moated
we have moated
you have moated
they have moated

Past Continuous
I was moating
you were moating
he/she/it was moating
we were moating
you were moating
they were moating

Past Perfect
I had moated
you had moated
he/she/it had moated
we had moated
you had moated
they had moated

Future
I will moat
you will moat
he/she/it will moat
we will moat
you will moat
they will moat

Future Perfect
I will have moated
you will have moated
he/she/it will have moated
we will have moated
you will have moated
they will have moated

Future Continuous
I will be moating
you will be moating
he/she/it will be moating
we will be moating
you will be moating
they will be moating

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been moating
you have been moating
he/she/it has been moating
we have been moating
you have been moating
they have been moating

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been moating
you will have been moating
he/she/it will have been moating
we will have been moating
you will have been moating
they will have been moating

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been moating
you had been moating
he/she/it had been moating
we had been moating
you had been moating
they had been moating

Conditional
I would moat
you would moat
he/she/it would moat
we would moat
you would moat
they would moat

Past Conditional
I would have moated
you would have moated
he/she/it would have moated
we would have moated
you would have moated
they would have moated

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

moat - ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with waterfossetrench - a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth

Translations

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moat

(məut) noun a deep ditch, dug round a castle etc, usually filled with water. 護城河 护城河

moat

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