moor

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath
2. A game preserve consisting of moorland.

Verb

1. To cast anchor or become fastened.
2. 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. To secure or fix firmly.

Concepten

meren

aanbinden

onderbinden

vastbinden

vastleggen

moeras

tuigeren

aanmeren

broek

drasland

steppe

heide

veen

aanleggen

hei

aanbranden

aansluiten

bepalen

bevestigen

binden

fixeren

vastmaken

vaststellen

verbinden

dophei

dopheide

heideveld

struikheide

aanknopen

verankeren

moren

vastmeren

veenmoeras

laagvlakte

land

vlakte

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/moː/

Etymologie (Engels)

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.