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moor 1    Audio Help   (mŏŏr)  Pronunciation Key 
v.   moored, moor·ing, moors

v.   tr.
  1. To make fast (a vessel, for example) by means of cables, anchors, or lines: moor a ship to a dock; a dirigible moored to a tower.
  2. To fix in place; secure. See Synonyms at fasten.

v.   intr.
  1. To secure a vessel or an aircraft with lines or anchors.
  2. To be secured with lines or anchors: The freighter moored alongside the wharf.


[Middle English moren.]

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moor 2    Audio Help   (mŏŏr)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   A broad area of open land, often high but poorly drained, with patches of heath and peat bogs.


[Middle English mor, from Old English mōr.]

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Moor    Audio Help   (mŏŏr)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A member of a Muslim people of mixed Berber and Arab descent, now living chiefly in northwest Africa.
  2. One of the Muslims who invaded Spain in the 8th century and established a civilization in Andalusia that lasted until the late 15th century.


[Middle English More, from Old French, from Medieval Latin Mōrus, from Latin Maurus, Mauritanian, from Greek Mauros.]

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