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Mooed vs Moored - What's the difference?

mooed | moored |

As verbs the difference between mooed and moored

is that mooed is (moo) while moored is (moor).

mooed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (moo)

    • moo

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (onomatopoeia) The characteristic sound made by a cow or bull.
  • A foolish woman.
    • You silly moo ! What did you do that for?

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • Of a cow or bull, to make its characteristic sound.

    • Synonyms

    * low

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • The characteristic sound made by a cow or bull.

    • moored

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (moor)

    • Anagrams

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    moor

    English

    Usage notes

    (more) is not a homophone in Northern UK accents, while (mooer) is homophonous only in those accents.

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) . See (m).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • an extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath
    • A cold, biting wind blew across the moor , and the travellers hastened their step.
  • * Carew
    • In her girlish age she kept sheep on the moor .
  • a game preserve consisting of moorland
    • Derived terms
    * moorland * moortop
    See also
    * bog * marsh * swamp

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cast anchor or become fastened.
  • (nautical) 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 .
  • To secure or fix firmly.

    • Anagrams

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