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moor

noun

1 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.

Dutch: Moor
Polish: Maur

2 moor

Open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss.

synonym: moorland.

Roget 206: height, altitude, elevation; eminence, pitch; loftiness etc. adj.; sublimity.    tallness etc. adj.; stature, ... show more

Roget 180: space, extension, extent, superficial extent, expanse, stretch, hyperspace; room, scope, range, field, way, expansion, compass, ... show more

Roget 344: plain, table-land, face of the country; open country, champaign country; basin, downs, waste, weary waste, desert, wild, steppe, pampas, savanna, ... show more

Dutch: heide
Polish: wrzosowisko

verb

1 moor

Secure in or as if in a berth or dock.

synonyms: berth, tie up.

Roget 184: place, situate, locate, localize, make a place for, put, lay, set, seat, station, lodge, quarter, post, install; ... show more

Roget 43: join, unite; conjoin, connect; associate; put together, lay together, clap together, hang together, lump together, hold together, piece together [Fr.], tack together, fix together, ... show more

2 moor

Come into or dock at a wharf.

synonyms: berth, wharf.

3 moor

Secure with cables or ropes.

Dutch: verankeren, aanleggen, aanmeren, afmeren, meren


Moby thesaurus: affix, agricultural region, alight, alkali flat, alluvial plain, anchor, annex, anthill, arable land, attach, barrow, basin, batten, batten down, baygall, belay, berth, billet at, bind, bivouac ... show more.

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Moore

noun

1 Moore

United States composer of works noted for their use of the American vernacular (1893-1969).

synonym: Douglas Moore.

2 Moore

English actor and comedian who appeared on television and in films (born in 1935).

synonyms: Dudley Moore, Dudley Stuart John Moore.

3 Moore

English philosopher (1873-1958).

synonyms: G. E. Moore, George Edward Moore.

4 Moore

Irish poet who wrote nostalgic and patriotic verse (1779-1852).

synonym: Thomas Moore.

5 Moore

United States poet noted for irony and wit (1887-1872).

synonyms: Marianne Craig Moore, Marianne Moore.

6 Moore

British sculptor whose works are monumental organic forms (1898-1986).

synonyms: Henry Moore, Henry Spencer Moore.


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moored

adjective

Roget 150: unchangeable, immutable; unaltered, unalterable; not to be changed, constant; permanent etc. 141; invariable, undeviating; stable, durable; perennial ... show more

Roget 184: placed etc. v.; situate, posited, ensconced, imbedded, embosomed, rooted; domesticated; vested in, unremoved.    moored etc. ... show more

Roget 186: present; occupying, inhabiting etc. v.; moored etc. 184; resiant, resident, residentiary; domiciled.    ubiquitous, ... show more

Moby thesaurus: aground, anchored, caught, chained, fast, fastened, fixed, grounded, held, high and dry, impacted, inextricable, jammed, packed, stranded, stuck, stuck fast, tethered, tied, transfixed ... show more.

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