English dictionary

Moor

/m/U/r/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

one of the Muslim people of north Africa; of mixed Arab and Berber descent; converted to Islam in the 8th century; conqueror of Spain in the 8th century

noun.person

Source: WordNet 3.0
open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss

noun.object

Synonyms moorland

Source: WordNet 3.0
One of a mixed race inhabiting Morocco, Algeria, Tunis, and Tripoli, chiefly along the coast and in towns.

noun

Source: webster1913
An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath.

noun

Source: webster1913

secure in or as if in a berth or dock

verb.contact

Synonyms berth tie up

Source: WordNet 3.0
come into or dock at a wharf

verb.contact

Synonyms berth wharf

Source: WordNet 3.0
secure with cables or ropes

verb.contact

Examples
Moor the boat.

Source: WordNet 3.0
To fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains; as, the vessel was <i>moored</i> in the stream; they <i>moored</i> the boat to the wharf.

verb

Source: webster1913
To cast anchor; to become fast.

verb

Source: webster1913