Definitions for moor
mʊərmoor

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Moornoun

   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. moor, moorlandverb

   open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss

3. moor, berth, tie upverb

   secure in or as if in a berth or dock

   "tie up the boat"

4. moor, berth, wharfverb

   come into or dock at a wharf

   "the big ship wharfed in the evening"

5. moorverb

   secure with cables or ropes

   "moor the boat"

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 2 votes

1. Moornoun

   A member of an ancient Berber people from Numidia.

2. Moornoun

   A member of an Islamic people of Arab or Berber origin ruling Spain and parts of North Africa from the 8th to the 15th centuries.

3. Moornoun

   A Muslim or a person from the Middle East or Africa.

4. Moornoun

   A person of mixed Arab and Berber ancestry inhabiting the Mediterranean coastline of northwest Africa.

5. Moornoun

   A person of an ethnic group speaking the Hassaniya language, mainly inhabiting Western Sahara, Mauritania, and parts of neighbouring countries (Morocco, Mali, Senegal etc.).

6. Etymology: More, Maure; from the Latin Maurus, a Moor, meaning a Mauritanian, an inhabitant of Mauritania. Webster 1913 also says: Μαῦρος; confer μαῦρος black, dark. Confer {Morris} a dance, {Morocco}. Morris dance is from the moreys daunce, “Moorish dance”. The Moroccan connection is doubtful, as Morocco is from Marrakech, itself from the Berber murt 'n akush, “the country of God”.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. MOORnoun

   Etymology: moer, Dutch; modder, Teutonick, clay.

   1. A marsh; a fen; a bog; a tract of low and watry grounds.

   While in her girlish age she kept sheep on the moor, it chanced that a London merchant passing by saw her, and liked her, begged her of her poor parents, and carried her to his home. Richard Carew, Survey of Cornwall.

   In the great level near Thorny, several trees of oak and fir stand in firm earth below the moor. Matthew Hale.

   Let the marsh of Elsham Bruges tell,
   What colour were their waters that same day,
   And all the moor ’twixt Elversham and Dell. Fairy Qu.

   2. [ Maurus, Latin.]A negro; a black-a-moor.

   I shall answer that better than you can the getting up of the negro’s belly; the moor is with child by you. William Shakespeare.

2. To Moorverb

   To fasten by anchors or otherwise.

   Etymology: morer, French.

   Three more fierce Eurus in his angry mood
   Dash’d on the shallows of the moving sand,
   And in mid ocean left them moor’d at hand. Dryden.

3. To Moorverb

   To be fixed; to be stationed.

   Æneas gain’d Cajeta’s bay:
   At length on oozy ground his gallies moor,
   Their heads are turn’d to sea, their sterns to shore. Dryd.

   My vessel, driv’n by a strong gust of wind,
   Moor’d in a Chian creek. Joseph Addison, Ovid.

   He visited the top of Taurus and the famous Ararat, where Noah’s ark first moor’d. Scriblerus Club , Mart. Scrib.

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1. moor

   A moor is a type of landscape characterized by open, rolling, hilly terrain, often covered with heather, grass, and low shrubs. It is usually wet, rocky, and often poorly drained, due to high levels of peat and acid in the soil. Typical moors are found in cool and damp climates, such as in Great Britain, Ireland, and Scandinavian countries.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Moornoun

   one of a mixed race inhabiting Morocco, Algeria, Tunis, and Tripoli, chiefly along the coast and in towns

2. Moornoun

   any individual of the swarthy races of Africa or Asia which have adopted the Mohammedan religion

3. Moornoun

   an extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath

4. Moornoun

   a game preserve consisting of moorland

5. Moorverb

   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. Moorverb

   fig.: To secure, or fix firmly

7. Moorverb

   to cast anchor; to become fast

8. Etymology: [Prob. fr. D. marren to tie, fasten, or moor a ship. See Mar.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Moor

   mōōr, n. a large tract of untilled ground, often covered with heath, and having a poor, peaty soil: a heath.—ns. Moor′cock, Moor′fowl, the red grouse or heathcock found in moors; Moor′hen, the female moor-fowl: the water-hen; Moor′-ill (Scot.), a kind of disease among cattle—also Red-water.—adjs. Moor′ish, Moor′y, resembling a moor: sterile: marshy: boggy.—n. Moor′land, a tract of moor. [A.S. mór; Ice. mór, peat.]

2. Moor

   mōōr, v.t. to fasten a ship by cable and anchor: to fix firmly.—v.i. to be fastened by cables or chains.—ns. Moor′age, a place for mooring; Moor′ing, act of mooring: that which serves to moor or confine a ship: in pl. the place or condition of a ship thus moored. [Prob. Dut. marren, to tie, allied to A.S. merran (in compound ámierran), Old High Ger. marrjan, to hinder.]

3. Moor

   mōōr, n. a member of the dark mixed Mauretanian and Arab race inhabiting Morocco and the Barbary coast: one of the Arab and Berber conquerors and occupants of Spain from 711 to 1492—same as Arab or Saracen: a dark-coloured person generally, a negro.—n. Moor′ery, a quarter inhabited by Moors.—adj. Moor′ish. [Fr. more, maure—L. maurus—Gr. mauros, black.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. moor

   An upland swamp, boggy, with fresh water. Also, an open common.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. moor

   A large tract of untilled ground

   
   

   Submitted by cathi_b on May 26, 2020  

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1. MOOR

   What does MOOR stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the MOOR acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. MOOR

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Moor is ranked #12981 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Moor surname appeared 2,365 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Moor.
   
   78.8% or 1,864 total occurrences were White.
   12.3% or 293 total occurrences were Black.
   2.9% or 70 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2.8% or 67 total occurrences were Asian.
   2.4% or 57 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.5% or 14 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

Matched Categories

1. • Muslim
   • Dock
   • Secure

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'moor' in Nouns Frequency: #2287

Anagrams for moor »

1. Moro

2. room

How to pronounce moor?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say moor in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of moor in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of moor in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of moor in a Sentence

1. Kerri Hurley:

   I owe Ben Moor a debt of gratitude because, if heaven forbid something had happened to my husband, I would never have talked to him again, and Ben Moor was that person who allowed me to speak to him.

2. Judah HaLevi:

   My heart in the East But the rest of me far in the West— How can I savor this life, even taste what I eat? How, in the bonds of the Moor, Zion chained to the Cross, Can I do what I’ve vowed to and must? Gladly I’d leave All the best of grand Spain For one glimpse of the ruined Shrine’s dust.

3. Rasikh Barkat:

   Right now, there is massive erosion in the villages along the shoreline. Fishermen complained to us that they didn’t have enough space to moor their boats. Buildings along the shorelines are caving in, also, rice fields at the back of the villages are affected because sea water is intruding into them due to failure of coastal aquifers. The entire area coastline will be inundated if the sea level rises above 1 meter.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=moor
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Moor
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=moor
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/moor
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=moor
7. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=moor
8. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html