Synonyms:
moor, moorland
Meaning: open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss
Synonyms:
Moor
Meaning: 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
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
moor
Meaning: secure with cables or ropes; "moor the boat"
Synonyms:
moor, berth, wharf
Meaning: come into or dock at a wharf; "the big ship wharfed in the evening"
Synonyms:
moor, berth, tie_up
Meaning: secure in or as if in a berth or dock; "tie up the boat"
Usage examples
ON THE MOOR
The word "moor" only was printed in ink.
"My unhappy brother is starving on the moor.
"That depends on whether you are going on the moor," said I.
The more I knew of the inmates of Moor House, the better I liked them.
We'll see it through if all the fiends of the pit were loose upon the moor."
"Well, better wed over the mixen than over the moor," said Laban Tall, turning his sheep.
But the moor with its mysteries and its strange inhabitants remains as inscrutable as ever.
"It seems to show that someone knows more than we do about what goes on upon the moor," said Dr. Mortimer.
On hearing this Sancho broke silence and cried out, "By all that's good, I'll as soon let my face be smacked or handled as turn Moor.