moored

verb

past tense of moor
as in fastened
to put securely in place or in a desired position moored the boat to the dock

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Recent Examples of moored The former head of the Damietta Port Authority, Major General Ayman Salah, told the AFP news agency on Wednesday that the regasification ship was moored next to the LNG tanker in the harbour. — Mark Osborne, CBS News, 29 July 2026 The International Maritime Organization says there are still roughly 6,000 seafarers and around 500 ships moored in the Persian Gulf behind the strait. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 24 July 2026 For almost seven years, the vessel remained moored in Trapani under government custody with little opportunity for maintenance. — Isabella Wandermurem, Time, 17 July 2026 By the time Noe and his sons were back home and had moored the boat to their wharf on the narrow pass that separated Cheniere Disparue from the mainland, the last low clouds of the front hung over the Gulf. — Literary Hub, 16 July 2026 Powering oil operations with wind turbine A tension-leg platform (TLP) is a buoyant, floating structure moored to the seafloor by taut, vertical steel cables. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 29 June 2026 This week, according to public data, Breakthrough is moored off the Costa Smeralda in northeastern Sardinia, near Porto Cervo. — Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 26 June 2026 At the modern port in the Christian quarter of Tyre, small wooden tourist and fishing boats were moored to the docks. — Jane Arraf, NPR, 23 June 2026 At a previous event, Azimut was taking Ocean Club guests over to three of its boats moored nearby to watch the race, like mobile sales centers. — James Morris, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for moored
  1. fastened
  2. secured
  3. anchored
  4. clamped
  5. hitched
Verb
  • The memorial has a bronze marker fastened to the marble wall.
    — Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • Icelandic poet, novelist and essayist Andri Snær Magnason was tasked with commemorating Ok, his words etched into copper and fastened to rock uncovered by the glacier’s retreating ice.
    — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 28 July 2026
Definition of fastened
Verb
  • Reigns secured the victory with three consecutive spears, marking his first singles win over Rollins without any interference.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
  • This time, Velázquez aced the exam – scoring 94 out of 120 in what should have secured him a spot on the Communication and Journalism degree program offered at UNAM’s Aragón School of Higher Studies.
    — Mauricio Torres, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of secured
Verb
  • Jones wields considerable influence within the state apparatus, but his political base is anchored in the rural, inland stretches of San Diego County.
    — Dain Fitzgerald, The Washington Examiner, 1 Aug. 2026
  • The protest was anchored in its own alternative digital public sphere, primarily on Instagram, the loopy mimeticcauldron that served as both the lingua franca and the primary driver of the protests.
    — Asim Ali, Time, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of anchored
Verb
  • Sharon Rocha's mitochondrial DNA clamped in the jaws of a pair of pliers found in [Peterson’s] boat, [and] the presence of concrete debris in the boat cover that matched both the homemade boat anchor and the concrete debris on his flatbed trailer.
    — Erin Jensen, USA Today, 17 July 2026
  • His supporters have clamped their mouths tighter than the federal budget for diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
Definition of clamped
Verb
  • Before getting hitched to Greenstein, Porizkova was married to musician Ric Ocasek.
    — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 17 July 2026
  • But when her big bro Sherlock (Henry Cavill) goes missing during the festivities, Enola pauses getting hitched to find him and also unearth a military cover-up.
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 10 July 2026
Definition of hitched

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