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 Once moored, a boardwalk leads through old-growth forest to the fault itself, where ocean water is drawn in, heated up high and released through fissures in the rock. — Adrienne Matei, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Oct. 2026 In the summer of 2021, Edi Rama, the Prime Minister of Albania, was invited onto a superyacht moored off the ancient city of Durrës, on the Adriatic coast. — Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026 This unique stay is a 97-foot paddlewheel boat that’s permanently moored in the Marina of South Beach. — Sierra Vandervort, Travel + Leisure, 10 Sep. 2026 The company’s small modular reactors will be mounted on mobile barges that can be moored or anchored like offshore oil rigs. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026 The boys sailed into Da Nang Harbor at night, then moored to a giant tanker in a Russian naval base. — George Boedecker Jr, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026 This summer alone, David Geffen’s 82-room Rising Sun has been moored there, with Kris Jenner, Pedro Pascal, Courteney Cox, and Jennifer Aniston among those spotted aboard. — Alice Lindsell, Air Mail, 8 Aug. 2026 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

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Kate fastened three red poppies to her coat alongside the HMS Glasgow Brooch, a sterling silver piece specially commissioned by Glasgow jeweler James Porter & Son in 2025 to mark her role as sponsor of the Royal Navy warship.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 8 Nov. 2026
Pilots still ask passengers to keep their seat belts fastened while seated, and no one doubts the captain for saying so.

— Amanda Connelly, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026

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Dickon Mitchell, the prime minister of Grenada who has called for slavery reparations and an apology from Britain, secured a second term and 14 of 15 seats for the National Democratic Congress.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Nov. 2026
Under Senate Bill 483, a California law passed in 2022, Rhoades secured a resentencing hearing in Sacramento Superior Court in late 2025.

— Michael McGough, Sacbee.com, 6 Nov. 2026

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Lake Pointe Village, a shopping center in Sugar Land, Texas, anchored by Whole Foods, is the poster child for the shift.

— Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 8 Nov. 2026
The district draws in Irvine’s westernmost neighborhoods, anchored around UC Irvine and several nearby residential and commercial areas, such as the University Hills and the Irvine Business Complex.

— Victoria Le, Oc Register, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of anchored

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Once the stock is clamped, a Structured-Light sensor and a workpiece probe measure it and set the work offset automatically, so there are no stock dimensions to type in and no edges to find by hand.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 14 Oct. 2026
After the safeguard pipe is clamped, Juliette and her crew — including the mechanics, sheriff and Camille — venture down to the door Lukas found in the digger void.

— Kelly Allen, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026

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But Coyote has hitched his hopes for the mammoth case upon a man who could only be called a coward.

— Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
Looks like an entire orbital launchpad could be hitched to a semi-truck and driven anywhere on Earth, thanks to space launch provider Rocket Lab.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 11 Aug. 2026

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