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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024moor1 /mʊr/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Geographyan area of open wasteland, often overgrown with grass and heath.
moor2 /mʊr/USA pronunciation v. - to hold and attach (a ship, etc.) in a particular place, as by ropes or anchors: [~ + object]The crew moored the ship to the dock.[no object]We moored next to the dock.
- [~ + object] to attach firmly;
secure.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024moor1 (mŏŏr),USA pronunciation n. - Geographya tract of open, peaty, wasteland, often overgrown with heath, common in high latitudes and altitudes where drainage is poor;
heath. - a tract of land preserved for game.
- bef. 900; Middle English more, Old English mōr; cognate with Dutch moer, German Moor marsh
- to secure (a ship, boat, dirigible, etc.) in a particular place, as by cables and anchors or by lines.
- to fix firmly;
secure.
v.i. - to moor a ship, small boat, etc.
- to be made secure by cables or the like.
n. - the act of mooring.
- 1485–95; earlier more, akin to Old English mǣrels- in mǣrelsrāp rope for mooring a ship; see marline
- a Muslim of the mixed Berber and Arab people inhabiting NW Africa.
- a member of this group that invaded Spain in the 8th century a.d. and occupied it until 1492.
- Greek Maûros
- Latin Maurus
- Middle French, variant of Maure
- Middle English More 1350–1400
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