moor

noun (1)

\ ˈmu̇r

Definition of moor

(Entry 1 of 3)

1 chiefly British : an expanse of open rolling infertile land

2 : a boggy area especially : one that is peaty and dominated by grasses and sedges

moor

verb

moored; mooring; moors

Definition of moor (Entry 2 of 3)

transitive verb

: to make fast with or as if with cables, lines, or anchors : anchor

intransitive verb

1 : to secure a boat by mooring : anchor

2 : to be made fast

Moor

noun (2)

\ ˈmu̇r

Definition of Moor (Entry 3 of 3)

1 : one of the Arab and Berber conquerors of Spain

2 : berber

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Examples of moor in a Sentence

Noun (1)

as she wanders the windswept moor, the novel's heroine vows that she will never marry the vicar a mysterious figure who was said to have haunted the moors of southwest England

Verb

We found a harbor and moored the boat there for the night. The boat was moored alongside the dock. We need to find a place to moor for the night.

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun

There are few parts of this hotel without a striking view of the moors or environs, and the Wi-Fi worked fine for us. — Peter Saenger, WSJ, "A Driving Tour of Devon, England—on Perilously Narrow Roads," 30 Oct. 2018 Harrogate is 25 miles from the village of Haworth, where the Brontë family lived, and both are within easy reach of both the moors and the dales. — Ruth Bloomfield, WSJ, "Young Families Embrace Living in ‘Wuthering Heights Country’," 9 Aug. 2018 Each super-ship would take 48 hours to approach the terminal, moor, transfer cargo, and leave. — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, "Offshore Mega-Terminals Are Coming Because Oil Supertankers Are Too Big for Our Ports," 14 Sep. 2018 Ideal trip: Long drives in the countryside, preferably across moors. — John Schwartz, New York Times, "Audiobooks for Those Long Summer Drives, Without the Kids," 28 May 2018 Set in 1972, in an English village on the edge of a moor, the movie follows Julie and Andrew (Mickey Sumner and Ruben Crow), married small-time journalists who notice suspicious military activity in the area and take photographs. — Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, "Review: In ‘Caught,’ a Couple Lets the Wrong Ones In," 29 Mar. 2018 Off-roading on the moors is on the weekend agenda. 13. — Sarah Solomon, Town & Country, "25 Signs You Summer in Nantucket," 20 July 2017 From old-fashioned Lake District comfort and the Yorkshire moors, to Cornwall’s Atlantic coast, via luminous, marshy North Norfolk and the valleys of Wales, there’s a world at your feet. — USA TODAY, "20 of Britain’s best hotels for walking," 6 Mar. 2018 In what is usually the balmiest part of the British Isles, the hills and moors of southwestern England could get close to two feet of snow by Friday morning, with an additional half foot on top of that by Saturday. — John Hopewell, Washington Post, "Brutal storm is pummeling Britain with heavy snow and wicked wind chill," 28 Feb. 2018

Recent Examples on the Web: Verb

It was moored at the end of a long dock in a busy marina with views of rocks bristling with cormorants, seagulls screeching overhead, and a bevy of ducks that arrived each morning for their share of the toast. — Tara Conklin, Vogue, "After Divorce, Floating Another Chance at Love," 6 Feb. 2019 Wagner has always maintained that Wood probably got out of bed because the Splendour’s dinghy was knocking against the stern and the sound was keeping her up—a common annoyance for boaters moored at night. — Eleanor Hildebrandt, Popular Mechanics, "The True Story of the Lost Sci-Fi Movie "Brainstorm," Natalie Wood’s Last Film," 21 Dec. 2018 Their boat, moored a short walk away, is for short and long excursions. — J.s. Marcus, WSJ, "Living Large in a Scandinavian Suburb," 3 Oct. 2018 Mighty ice breakers moored in their summer slumber are the only reminder of the bitter Baltic winters. — Rick Steves' Europe, The Seattle Times, "Helsinki holds its own among Nordic capitals," 18 Sep. 2018 The Chinese naval hospital ship Peace Ark, shown here moored in Fiji in 2014, embarked from China in late June bound for the South Pacific. — Rachel Pannett, WSJ, "Americans Return to Guadalcanal, This Time to Face Beijing," 8 Sep. 2018 Sheriff’s investigators have referred to a key witness statement from Marilyn Wayne, who happened to be in a boat moored 80 feet away at the time. — Nancy Bilyeau, Town & Country, "What Really Happened to Natalie Wood?," 29 Nov. 2018 Thousands will stay on cruise ships moored nearby because there aren’t enough hotels. — Rachel Pannett, WSJ, "Global Leaders Converge on Pacific Island—Just Don’t Ask Them to Stay There," 12 Nov. 2018 Strong winds during a July storm reportedly snapped the lines keeping Aldi Novel Adilang, a 19-year-old lamp keeper, moored in place. — Edmund Demarche, Fox News, "Indonesian teen survives 49 days adrift without paddle, but with Bible: report," 24 Sep. 2018

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