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
1
: one of the Arab and Berber conquerors of Spain
2
: berber
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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.
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Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2024
Now, Robbie, Elordi, and Fennell will bring us moor.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 23 Sep. 2024
Flora Stubbs, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2024
The Navy ship then arrived and moored Wednesday evening at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Honolulu, where the mother and daughter received care.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2024
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Noun
Published by Brontë under the pseudonym Ellis Bell a year before her death, Wuthering Heights is set in the Yorkshire moors and revolves around the intense and often destructive relationships between two families: the Earnshaws and the Lintons.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2024
Now, Robbie, Elordi, and Fennell will bring us moor.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 23 Sep. 2024
Verb
The couple moored up at Ka‘upulehu, an ancient Polynesian settlement that had been abandoned in the 1930s.
—Flora Stubbs, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2024
The Navy ship then arrived and moored Wednesday evening at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Honolulu, where the mother and daughter received care.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2024
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“Moor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/moor. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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moor
1 of 3 noun
: a boggy area
especially
: one that is peaty and dominated by grasses and sedges
moor
2 of 3 verb
: to fasten in place with cables, lines, or anchors
moor a boat
moorage
noun
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Etymology
Noun
Old English mōr "an area of open and wet wasteland"
Verb
Middle English moren "to fasten (a boat) in place"
Noun
Middle English More "Moor," from early French More (same meaning), from Latin Maurus "a person from Mauretania (a country in Africa)"
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