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unmoor definition

un·moor (-mo̵or′)

transitive verb

  1. to free (a ship, etc.) from moorings
  2. to heave up all anchors of (a ship) but one

intransitive verb

to become unmoored

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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