moor

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light (and usually acidic) soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath. (Compare bog, peatland, marsh, swamp, fen.)
2. A game preserve consisting of moorland.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To cast anchor or become fastened.
2. (transitive) To fix or secure (e.g. a vessel) in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with ropes, cables or chains or the like.
3. (transitive) To secure or fix firmly.

Sinonieme

berth

heath

moorland

tie

marsh

bog

fasten

tie up

secure

anchor

⚓

tether

fen

bind

dock

attach

fix

field

tie on

affix

park

🏞️

hitch

swamp

plain

wharf

morass

stick

bond

quagmire

join

associate

blackamoor

connect

determine

wasteland

wetland

heathland

set

appoint

prairie

quag

link

🔗

marshland

wilderness

fetter

indenture

indent

imprison

expanse

assure

implant

Vertalings

amarrer

amarrar

Moor

meren

lande

brezal

aanbinden

ormeggiare

onderbinden

atracar

Heide

landa

brughiera

attacher

bruyère

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/moː/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: mor

Geërf van Old English: mōr

Verwante met Wallies: môr

Verwante met Old Irish: muir

Verwante met Skots: muir

Verwante met Nederlands: moer

Verwante met Old Saxon: mōr

Verwante met Old Saxon: mūr

Verwante met Duits: Moor

Verwante met Goties: 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹

Geërf van Middle English: moren

Geërf van Old English: *mārian

Verwante met Nederlands: meren

In summary

From Middle English mor, from Old English mōr, from Proto-West Germanic *mōr, from Proto-Germanic *mōraz, from Proto-Indo-European *móri. Cognates include Welsh môr, Old Irish muir (from Proto-Celtic *mori); Scots muir, Dutch moer, Old Saxon mōr, Old Saxon mūr, German Moor and perhaps also Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹 (marei). See mere.