ALL meanings of moor
moor
M m - noun moor heath, wasteland 1
- transitive verb moor ship, boat 1
- noun moor A tract of open uncultivated upland; a heath. 1
- noun moor a Muslim of the mixed Berber and Arab people inhabiting NW Africa. 1
- noun moor a member of this group that invaded Spain in the 8th century a.d. and occupied it until 1492. 1
- verb with object moor to secure (a ship, boat, dirigible, etc.) in a particular place, as by cables and anchors or by lines. 1
- verb with object moor to fix firmly; secure. 1
- verb without object moor to moor a ship, small boat, etc. 1
- verb without object moor to be made secure by cables or the like. 1
- variable noun moor A moor is an area of open and usually high land with poor soil that is covered mainly with grass and heather. 0
- verb moor If you moor a boat somewhere, you stop and tie it to the land with a rope or chain so that it cannot move away. 0
- countable noun moor The Moors were a Muslim people who established a civilization in North Africa and Spain between the 8th and the 15th century A.D. 0
- noun moor a tract of unenclosed ground, usually having peaty soil covered with heather, coarse grass, bracken, and moss 0
- verb moor to secure (a ship, boat, etc) with cables or ropes 0
- verb moor (of a ship, boat, etc) to be secured in this way 0
- noun moor a member of a Muslim people of North Africa, of mixed Arab and Berber descent. In the 8th century they were converted to Islam and established power in North Africa and Spain, where they established a civilization (756–1492) 0
- noun moor a member of a Muslim people of mixed Arab and Berber descent living in NW Africa 0
- noun moor a member of a group from this people that invaded and occupied Spain in the 8th cent. a.d. 0
- noun moor a tract of open, rolling wasteland, usually covered with heather and often marshy or peaty; heath 0
- noun moor a tract of land with game preserves 0
- verb transitive moor to hold (a ship, etc.) in place by cables or chains attached as to a pier or special buoy (mooring buoy), or by two anchors 0
- verb transitive moor to cause to be held in place; secure 0
- intransitive verb moor to moor a ship, etc. 0
- intransitive verb moor to be secured as by cables 0