Definitions from Wiktionary (Moor)
▸ noun: An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light (and usually acidic) soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath. (Compare bog, peatland, marsh, swamp, fen.)
▸ noun: A game preserve consisting of moorland.
▸ verb: (intransitive, nautical) To cast anchor or become fastened.
▸ verb: (transitive, nautical) To fix or secure (e.g. a vessel) in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with ropes, cables or chains or the like.
▸ verb: (transitive) To secure or fix firmly.
▸ noun: (historical) A member of an ancient Amazigh people from Mauretania.
▸ noun: (historical) A member of an Islamic people of Arab or Amazigh origin ruling Spain and parts of North Africa from the 8th to the 15th centuries.
▸ noun: (archaic) A Muslim or a person from the Middle East or Africa.
▸ noun: (dated) A person of mixed Arab and Amazigh ancestry inhabiting the Mediterranean coastline of northwest Africa.
▸ noun: A person of an ethnic group speaking the Hassaniya Arabic language, mainly inhabiting Western Sahara, Mauritania, and parts of neighbouring countries (Morocco, Mali, Senegal etc.).
▸ noun: A surname.
▸ noun: A surname from Irish.
▸ noun: An English surname transferred from the given name.
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▸ noun: An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light (and usually acidic) soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath. (Compare bog, peatland, marsh, swamp, fen.)
▸ noun: A game preserve consisting of moorland.
▸ verb: (intransitive, nautical) To cast anchor or become fastened.
▸ verb: (transitive, nautical) To fix or secure (e.g. a vessel) in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with ropes, cables or chains or the like.
▸ verb: (transitive) To secure or fix firmly.
▸ noun: (historical) A member of an ancient Amazigh people from Mauretania.
▸ noun: (historical) A member of an Islamic people of Arab or Amazigh origin ruling Spain and parts of North Africa from the 8th to the 15th centuries.
▸ noun: (archaic) A Muslim or a person from the Middle East or Africa.
▸ noun: (dated) A person of mixed Arab and Amazigh ancestry inhabiting the Mediterranean coastline of northwest Africa.
▸ noun: A person of an ethnic group speaking the Hassaniya Arabic language, mainly inhabiting Western Sahara, Mauritania, and parts of neighbouring countries (Morocco, Mali, Senegal etc.).
▸ noun: A surname.
▸ noun: A surname from Irish.
▸ noun: An English surname transferred from the given name.
Similar:
moorland,
berth,
moorlog,
heathland,
marshland,
moss-hag,
featherbed,
peatland,
slough,
carr,
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▸ Words similar to Moor
▸ Usage examples for Moor
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▸ Wikipedia articles (New!)
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