to free (a ship, etc.) from its moorings
to cast off moorings
unmoor
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unmoor
verb
un·moored, un·moor·ing, un·moorsverb
transitive- To release from or as if from moorings.
- Nautical To release (a ship) from all but one anchor.
verb
intransitiveTo cast off moorings.
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Verb
(third-person singular simple present unmoors, present participle unmooring, simple past and past participle unmoored)
Origin
un- +"Ž moor
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