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Definition of 'moor'English
Usage notes
(more) is not a homophone in Northern UK accents, while (mooer) is homophonous only in those accents.
Etymology 1
(etyl) . See (m).
Noun
( en-noun)
an extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath
- A cold, biting wind blew across the moor , and the travellers hastened their step.
* Carew
- In her girlish age she kept sheep on the moor .
a game preserve consisting of moorland
Derived terms
* moorland
* moortop
See also
* bog
* marsh
* swamp
Etymology 2
From (etyl) .
Verb
( en-verb)
To cast anchor or become fastened.
(nautical) 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 moored in the stream''; ''they moored the boat to the wharf .
To secure or fix firmly.
Similar to 'moor'meer, mayor, mar, mir, mohur, maar, mower, mear, mair, mooer, moar, mahr, mhorr, murr, mohr
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