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Moor is defined as a large open marsh land.

(noun)

An example of moor is an expanse between two farm houses that doesn't drain well.

Moor means to secure something in place.

(verb)

An example of moor is dropping an anchor off the side of a boat.

The definition of a moor is a member of a Muslim people of Berber and Arab descent living in Northwest Africa.

(noun)

An example of moor is the hero Othello in Shakespeare's play.

See moor in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a tract of open, rolling wasteland, usually covered with heather and often marshy or peaty; heath
a tract of land with game preserves

Origin: ME more < OE mor, wasteland, akin to LowG mor < IE base *mori-, sea > marsh, mere, L mare, sea: basic sense “swampy coastland”

transitive verb

to hold (a ship, etc.) in place by cables or chains attached as to a pier or special buoy (), or by two anchors
to cause to be held in place; secure

Origin: Early ModE < or akin to MDu maren, LowG moren, to tie

intransitive verb

to moor a ship, etc.
to be secured as by cables

noun

a member of a Muslim people of mixed Arab and Berber descent living in NW Africa
a member of a group from this people that invaded and occupied Spain in the 8th cent.

Origin: ME More < OFr More, Maure < L Maurus, a Moor, Mauritanian < Gr Mauros

Related Forms:

Moorish adjective

See moor in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb moored, moor·ing, moors

verb, transitive

To make fast (a vessel, for example) by means of cables, anchors, or lines: moor a ship to a dock; a dirigible moored to a tower.
To fix in place; secure. See Synonyms at fasten.

verb, intransitive

To secure a vessel or an aircraft with lines or anchors.
To be secured with lines or anchors: The freighter moored alongside the wharf.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English moren

noun

A broad area of open land, often high but poorly drained, with patches of heath and peat bogs.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English mor

Origin: , from Old English mōr

noun

A member of a Muslim people of mixed Berber and Arab descent, now living chiefly in northwest Africa.
One of the Muslims who invaded Spain in the 8th century and established a civilization in Andalusia that lasted until the late 15th century.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English More

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Medieval Latin Mōrus

Origin: , from Latin Maurus, Mauritanian

Origin: , from Greek Mauros

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