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S vs Moored - What's the difference?

s | moored |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a verb moored is

(moor).

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    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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