Meaning

3 senses
  1. (intransitive)To cast anchor or become fastened.

    The vessel moored in the stream.

    anlegen, ankern

    прича́литьpričálitʹ, прича́ливатьpričálivatʹ, стать на я́корьstatʹ na jákorʹ

  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.

    They moored the boat to the wharf.

    vertäuen

    ста́вить на я́корьstávitʹ na jákorʹ, поста́вить на я́корьpostávitʹ na jákorʹ, швартова́тьšvartovátʹ

    швартува́тиšvartuváty, пришвартува́тиpryšvartuváty

    secure with cables or ropes

  3. (transitive)To secure or fix firmly.

    festmachen

    крепи́тьkrepítʹ, закрепи́тьzakrepítʹ, закрепля́тьzakrepljátʹ

    secure in or as if in a berth or dock

Examples

32 sentences
  1. Were you in the moor yesterday?

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  2. The moor was covered with heather.

    ruБолото было покрыто вереском.

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  3. The moor is very sparsely inhabited.

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  4. Rodrigo began trekking across the moors.

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  5. A ship is moored at the pier.

    ruКорабль пришвартован у причала.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains:
Русский
By meaning 3
to cast anchor or become fastened:
to fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains:
to secure or fix firmly:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
to cast anchor or become fastened:
to fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains:
to secure or fix firmly:

Origin

From Middle English moren, from unattested Old English *mārian, from Proto-West Germanic *

From Middle English moren, from unattested Old English *mārian, from Proto-West Germanic *mairōn (“to moor, fasten to”), related to *maida- (“post”), from Proto-Indo-European *mēyt-, *meyt-, from *mēy-, *mey- (“stake, pole”). Cognate with Dutch meren (“to moor”), marren (“to bind”).

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Forms

moors, mooring, moored, moored
Base formmoor · to moor
3rd person singularmoors
Present participlemooring
Past simplemoored
Past participlemoored

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymoor
he, she, itmoors

Past simpleLesson

all personsmoored

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave moored
he, she, ithas moored

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill moor

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

9 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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