moor

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.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/moː/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: mor

Inherited from Old English: mōr

Cognate with Welsh: môr

Cognate with Old Irish: muir

Cognate with Scots: muir

Cognate with Dutch: moer

Cognate with Old Saxon: mōr

Cognate with Old Saxon: mūr

Cognate with German: Moor

Cognate with Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹

Inherited from Middle English: moren

Inherited from Old English: *mārian

Cognate with Dutch: 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.

Synonyms

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