Definitions of Moor [ʊər]

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Definition of 'Moor'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) moor
a tract of open, peaty wasteland, often overgrown with heath, common in high altitudes where drainage is poor; heath.

2.  moor
a tract of land preserved for game.

3. (v.t.) moor
to secure (a ship, boat, dirigible, etc.) in a particular place, as by cables and anchors or by lines.

4.  moor
to fix firmly; secure.

5. (v.i.) moor
to moor a ship, small boat, etc.

6.  moor
to be made secure by cables or the like.

7. (n.) Moor
a member of any of the groups of North African Arabs and Berbers who ruled parts of the Iberian Peninsula from the 8th century to 1492.

8.  Moor
Archaic. any native of North Africa W of Egypt.

Etymology: (1350–1400; ME More < MF, var. of Maure < L Maurus < Gk Maûros)

Definition of 'Moor'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) Moor
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

2. (verb) moor, moorland
open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss

3. (verb) moor, berth, tie up
secure in or as if in a berth or dock
"tie up the boat"

4. (verb) moor, berth, wharf
come into or dock at a wharf
"the big ship wharfed in the evening"

5. (verb) moor
secure with cables or ropes
"moor the boat"

Definition of 'Moor'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Moor
one of a mixed race inhabiting Morocco, Algeria, Tunis, and Tripoli, chiefly along the coast and in towns

2. (noun) Moor
any individual of the swarthy races of Africa or Asia which have adopted the Mohammedan religion

3. (noun) Moor
an extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath

4. (noun) Moor
a game preserve consisting of moorland

5. (verb) Moor
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

6. (verb) Moor
fig.: To secure, or fix firmly

7. (verb) Moor
to cast anchor; to become fast

Translation of 'Moor'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a large stretch of open, unfarmed land with poor soil often covered with heather, coarse grass etc.
Afrikaans: heiveld	Arabic: أرْض سَبْخَه	Bulgarian: пустощ
Brazilian: charneca	Czech: pláň, vřesoviště	German: dasÖdland
Danish: hede	Greek: χερσότοπος, ξεροβούνι	Spanish: páramo
Estonian: (raba)nõmm	Farsi: لنگر انداختن	Finnish: nummi
French: lande	Hebrew: אַדמַת בּוּר	Hindi: बंजर भूमि
Croatian: ledina, pustopoljina	Hungarian: mocsár	Indonesian: tanah kosong
Icelandic: hrjóstrugt mÿrlendi, lyng	Italian: landa, brughiera	Japanese: 荒れ地
Korean: 황야, 황무지	Lithuanian: viržynė, viržiais apaugus	Latvian: tīrelis
Malay: mur	Dutch: heide, veen	Norwegian: (lyng)hei, mo, myr
Polish: wrzosowisko	Persian: لنگر انداختن	Pashto: لنګر اچول
Portuguese: charneca	Romanian: bărăgan	Russian: местность, поросшая верес
Slovak: planina, slatina	Slovenian: barje	Serbian: vresište
Swedish: hed	Thai: ทุ่งโล่ง	Turkish: fundalık boş arazi
Taiwanese: 荒野	Ukrainian: заболочена місцевість; ве	Urdu: غیر مزروعہ بیہڑ زمین
Vietnamese: đồng hoang	Chinese: 荒野
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