'Moor' definitions:

Definition of 'Moor'

(from WordNet)
noun
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
noun
Open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss [syn: moor, moorland]
verb
Secure in or as if in a berth or dock; "tie up the boat" [syn: moor, berth, tie up]
verb
Come into or dock at a wharf; "the big ship wharfed in the evening" [syn: moor, berth, wharf]
verb
Secure with cables or ropes; "moor the boat"

Definition of 'Moor'

From: GCIDE
  • Moor \Moor\, n. [OE. mor, AS. m[=o]r 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. [1913 Webster]
  • In her girlish age she kept sheep on the moor. --Carew. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A game preserve consisting of moorland. [1913 Webster]
  • Moor buzzard (Zool.), the marsh harrier. [Prov. Eng.]
  • Moor coal (Geol.), a friable variety of lignite.
  • Moor cock (Zool.), the male of the moor fowl or red grouse of Europe.
  • Moor coot. (Zool.) See Gallinule.
  • Moor game. (Zool.) Same as Moor fowl.
  • Moor grass (Bot.), a tufted perennial grass ({Sesleria caerulea}), found in mountain pastures of Europe.
  • Moor hawk (Zool.), the marsh harrier.
  • Moor hen. (Zool.) (a) The female of the moor fowl. (b) A gallinule, esp. the European species. See Gallinule. (c) An Australian rail (Tribonyx ventralis).
  • Moor monkey (Zool.), the black macaque of Borneo ({Macacus maurus}).
  • Moor titling (Zool.), the European stonechat ({Pratinocola rubicola}). [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Moor'

From: GCIDE
  • Moor \Moor\ (m[=oo]r), n. [F. More, Maure, L. Maurus a Moor, a Mauritanian, an inhabitant of Mauritania, Gr. May^ros; cf. may^ros black, dark. Cf. Morris a dance, Morocco.]
  • 1. One of a mixed race inhabiting Morocco, Algeria, Tunis, and Tripoli, chiefly along the coast and in towns. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Hist.) 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Moor'

From: GCIDE
  • Moor \Moor\ (m[=oo]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Moored (m[=oo]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Mooring.] [Prob. fr. D. marren to tie, fasten, or moor a ship. See Mar.]
  • 1. (Naut.) 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Fig.: To secure, or fix firmly. --Brougham. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Moor'

From: GCIDE
  • Moor \Moor\, v. i. To cast anchor; to become fast. [1913 Webster]
  • On oozy ground his galleys moor. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'moor'

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