moor

Pronunciation

• (AU) IPA ^(key): /moː/
• (UK) IPA ^(key): /mɔː/ or /mʊə/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /mɔr/ or /mʊ(ə)r/

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Verb

Plain form moor

Third-person singular moors

Past tense moored

Past participle moored

Present participle mooring

1. (transitive & intransitive) To moor a ship or boat is to tie it to a dock, jetty, or hold it in place with an anchor.

   The big ship was moored at the long jetty.

Noun

Singular moor

Plural moors

1. (countable) (usually plural) A moor is open ground, often with peat soils, swampy, covered in grass or low shrubs.

   The search for the missing boy led them right across the moors.