moor

[US]/mɔː/
[UK]/mʊr/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. wilderness, vast open land
vt. & vi. to anchor or secure (a ship)

Example Sentences

moor a ship to a dock; a dirigible moored to a tower.

mooring mast, mooring tower

mooring the rowboat at the dock;

we're moored fore and aft.

we moored alongside a jetty.

it was parky on Bradfield Moors last week.

in 799 the Moors retook Barcelona.

a boat moored offshore.

the foundation of the walls, compacted of Moor-stone and Lime.

the village is over the moors in a northerly direction.

territories encompassing high moor and upland.

they hiked across the moors for miles.

a lively rendering of ‘Ilkley Moor’.

the moors are very rugged in places.

the moor can be a wild and unforgiving place in bad weather.

The freighter moored alongside the wharf.

an offshore mooring; offshore oil-drilling platforms.

a steamship moored to its berth at the pier.

The ship is now permanently moored on the Thames in London.

twenty or so fishing boats were moored to the pierside.

Real-world Examples

We moored in and waited for a high tide.

Source: New Concept English: Vocabulary On-the-Go, Book Three.

Sailors moored their boat to a dock and went onshore.

Source: New Concept English: Vocabulary On-the-Go, Book Three.

Lonely white roads stretched across the great, wide moors as far as the hills.

Source: Jane Eyre (Abridged Version)

The weary moor that I have passed!

Source: British Original Language Textbook Volume 3

I never want to leave the moor.'

Source: The Secret Garden (Simplified Version)

A bloodcurdling howl comes from the moor.

Source: BBC Reading Classics to Learn Vocabulary

Suddenly a light answered from the moor.

Source: The Hound of the Baskervilles

We will moor to buoys ahead and astern.

Source: Maritime English listening

Have you moored the dinghy safely?

Source: New Concept English Vocabulary Book 3 for Speaking

A shark moored another surfer nearby a day earlier.

Source: AP Listening Collection April 2015

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