MOORED Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

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 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 Mighty ice breakers moored in their summer slumber are the only reminder of the bitter Baltic winters. — Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 10 June 2026 Federal investigators have also been seeking to identify the owners or occupants of a sailboat that may have been moored next to the Soulmate in Aunt Pat's Bay on the night that Lynette Hooker disappeared. — Cristian Benavides, CBS News, 28 May 2026 The boat's seizure comes about a week after the Coast Guard sought the public's help in finding the owner of a sailboat that was moored near Brian and Lynette Hooker's Soulmate sailboat in the Bahamas. — Adam Sabes , Preston Mizell, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2026 The outbreak of hantavirus on a cruise ship moored off the western coast of Africa is gripping a world primed by recent painful experience to be on edge for the next Covid-19-like event. — Helen Branswell, STAT, 7 May 2026

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Page Six also reported that the fabric on the box was fastened with a wax seal and wrapped around a card.

— Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 3 July 2026
One climber slipped and fell about 700 feet after his equipment was not properly fastened, according to the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office and climbing ranger Nick Meyers.

— James Ward, USA Today, 2 July 2026

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Jolly replaced him and, within two months, secured Moreno’s approval to hire the architect of a World Series championship team to figure out what was not right in the organization, and to fix it.

— Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
At the time, Taylor was in the process of re-recording her first six albums after not being given the chance to buy back her masters, but has since secured complete ownership of her discography.

— Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 6 July 2026

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Standing at 6-foot-5, 225 pounds, Peterson was a former two-way high school star who has anchored Florida’s rotation for the last three years.

— Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 5 July 2026
The traditional concept of professional security, once anchored in stable, full-time employment and institutional safeguards, is fundamentally outdated.

— Henrik Totterman, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026

Definition of anchored

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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
With the SRBs securely clamped to the launch pad, SLS hangs in the center between them, held up only by the strength of the interstage bolts at their connection points.

— Josh Dinner, Space.com, 1 July 2026

Definition of clamped

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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
With both the bride and groom wearing Christian Dior haute couture and Christian Louboutin shoes, the 14x Grammy winner and 3x Super Bowl champion were hitched within the last half hour at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

— Dominic Patten, Deadline, 3 July 2026

Definition of hitched

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