moor
[noun]
Synonyms: moorland, fell (Brit.), heath
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[verb]
Synonyms: tie up, anchor, berth, dock, lash, make fast, secure

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Moor noun [countable]
one of the Muslim people from North Africa who entered Spain in the 8th century and ruled the southern part of the country until 1492

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I. moor¹ /mʊə $ mʊr/ noun [countable usually plural]
[Language: Old English; Origin: mor]
especially British English a wild open area of high land, covered with rough grass or low bushes and heather, that is not farmed because the soil is not good enough:
They went grouse shooting up on the moors.
the Yorkshire moors

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II. moor² verb [intransitive and transitive]
[Date: 1400-1500; Origin: Probably from Middle Low German moren]
to fasten a ship or boat to the land or to the bottom of the sea using ropes or an anchor:
Two or three fishing boats were moored alongside the pier.

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moor
noun
ADJ. barren, bleak, desolate, open, wild, windswept
PREP. across the ~ the wind blowing across the moors
down from the ~ the slopes leading down from the moor
on the ~ We got lost on the moors.
over the ~ Don't walk over the moors in bad weather.
PHRASES the edge of the moor

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