MOORED
Verb
moored
simple past tense and past participle of moor
Anagrams
• Doomer, doomer, roomed
Source: Wiktionary
MOOR
Moor, n. Etym: [F. More, Maure, L. Maurus a Moor, a Mauritanian, an
inhabitant of Mauritania, Gr. Morris a dance, Morocco.]
1. One of a mixed race inhabiting Morocco, Algeria, Tunis, and
Tripoli, chiefly along the coast and in towns.
2. (Hist.)
Definition: Any individual of the swarthy races of Africa or Asia which
have adopted the Mohammedan religion. "In Spanish history the terms
Moors, Saracens, and Arabs are synonymous." Internat. Cyc.
Moor, n. Etym: [OE. mor, AS. mor moor, morass; akin to D. moer moor,
G. moor, and prob. to Goth. marei sea, E. mere. See Mere a lake.]
1. An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a
poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a
heath.
In her girlish age she kept sheep on the moor. Carew.
2. A game preserve consisting of moorland. Moor buzzard (Zoöl.), the
marsh harrier. [Prov. Eng.] -- Moor coal (Geol.), a friable variety
of lignite.
– Moor cock (Zoöl.), the male of the moor fowl or red grouse of
Europe.
– Moor coot. (Zoöl.) See Gallinule.
– Moor fowl. (Zoöl.) (a) The European ptarmigan, or red grouse
(Lagopus Scoticus). (b) The European heath grouse. See under Heath.
– Moor game. (Zoöl.) Same as Moor fowl (above).
– Moor grass (Bot.), a tufted perennial grass (Sesleria cærulea),
found in mountain pastures of Europe.
– Moor hawk (Zoöl.), the marsh harrier.
– Moor hen. (Zoöl.) (a) The female of the moor fowl. (b) A
gallinule, esp. the European species. See Gallinule. (c) An
Australian rail (Tribonyx ventralis).
– Moor monkey (Zoöl.), the black macaque of Borneo (Macacus
maurus).
– Moor titling (Zoöl.), the European stonechat (Pratinocola
rubicola).
Moor, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Moored; p. pr. & vb. n. Mooring.] Etym:
[Prob. fr. D. marren to tie, fasten, or moor a ship. See Mar.]
1. (Naut.)
Definition: To fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting
anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains; as, the vessel was
moored in the stream; they moored the boat to the wharf.
2. Fig.: To secure, or fix firmly. Brougham.
Moor, v. i.
Definition: To cast anchor; to become fast.
On oozy ground his galleys moor. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition