Definition of moor Moor

/mʊˈɹ/ - [mur] - moor

We found 19 definitions of moor from 5 different sources.

What does moor mean?

Noun Plural: moors
moor - open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss
		moorland
		champaign, plain, field a university town in east central Illinois adjoining Urbana
moor - one of the Muslim people of north Africa; of mixed Arab and Berber descent; converted to Islam in the 8th century; conqueror of Spain in the 8th century
Verb moors, mooring, moored
moor - secure in or as if in a berth or dock; "tie up the boat"
		berth, tie up
		fasten, secure, fix attach to; "They fastened various nicknames to each other"
		wharf moor at a wharf; "The ship was wharfed"
moor - secure with cables or ropes; "moor the boat"
		fasten, secure, fix attach to; "They fastened various nicknames to each other"
moor - come into or dock at a wharf; "the big ship wharfed in the evening"
		berth, wharf
		dock maneuver into a dock; "dock the ships"

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moor (Noun)
An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath.
moor (Noun)
A game preserve consisting of moorland.
moor (Verb)
To cast anchor or become fastened.
moor (Verb)
To fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains; as, the vessel was moored in the stream; they moored the boat to the wharf.
moor (Verb)
To secure or fix firmly.

moor (n.)
One of a mixed race inhabiting Morocco, Algeria, Tunis, and Tripoli, chiefly along the coast and in towns.
moor (n.)
Any individual of the swarthy races of Africa or Asia which have adopted the Mohammedan religion.
moor (n.)
An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath.
moor (n.)
A game preserve consisting of moorland.
moor (v. t.)
To fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains; as, the vessel was moored in the stream; they moored the boat to the wharf.
moor (v. t.)
Fig.: To secure, or fix firmly.
moor (v. i.)
To cast anchor; to become fast.

moor
A tract of unenclosed waste ground, usually covered with heather, coarse grass, bracken, and moss.

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