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moored | moorer |

As a verb moored

is (moor).

As a noun moorer is

(nautical|rare) the person who moors a vessel.

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.
  • moorer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (nautical, rare) The person who moors a vessel
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