MOOR
Dictionary entry overview: What does Moor mean?
• MOOR (noun)
The noun MOOR has 2 senses:
1. 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. open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss
Familiarity information: MOOR used as a noun is rare.
• MOOR (verb)
The verb MOOR has 3 senses:
1. secure in or as if in a berth or dock
2. come into or dock at a wharf
3. secure with cables or ropes
Familiarity information: MOOR used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• MOOR (noun)
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("Moor" is a kind of...):
Moslem; Muslim (a believer in or follower of Islam)
Meaning:
Open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
moorland; moor
Hypernyms ("moor" is a kind of...):
champaign; field; plain (extensive tract of level open land)
Instance hyponyms:
Marston Moor (a former moor in northern England)
• MOOR (verb)
Meaning:
Secure in or as if in a berth or dock
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
moor; berth; tie up
Context example:
tie up the boat
Hypernyms (to "moor" is one way to...):
fasten; fix; secure (cause to be firmly attached)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "moor"):
wharf (moor at a wharf)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Come into or dock at a wharf
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
moor; berth; wharf
Context example:
the big ship wharfed in the evening
Hypernyms (to "moor" is one way to...):
dock (come into dock)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Secure with cables or ropes
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
moor the boat
Hypernyms (to "moor" is one way to...):
fasten; fix; secure (cause to be firmly attached)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
