From Middle English mor, from Old English mōr, from Proto-West Germanic *mōr, from Proto-Germanic *mōraz, from Proto-Indo-European *móri. Cognates include Welsh môr, Old Irish muir (from Proto-Celtic *mori); Scots muir, Dutch moer, Old Saxon mōr, Old Saxon mūr, German Moor and perhaps also Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹 (marei). See mere.
Meanings
An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light (and usually acidic) soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath. (Compare bog, peatland, marsh, swamp, fen.)
the ruins yet resting in the wild moors 1609, Richard Carew, The Survey of Cornwall, London: […] S[imon] S[tafford] for Iohn Iaggard, […], →OCLC:
In her girlish age, she kept sheep on the moor.
And now, without a word of warning from the Ghost, they stood upon a bleak and desert moor, where monstrous masses of rude stone were cast about, as though it were the burial-place of giants; and water spread itself wheresoever it listed, or would have done so, but for the frost that held it prisoner; and nothing grew but moss and furze, and coarse rank grass. 1843, Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol, →OCLC, pages 101-102:
A cold, biting wind blew across the moor, and the travellers hastened their step.
gl braña (region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath) · mk голет (region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath) · tr kır (region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath) · sga slíab (region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath) · ja 荒野 (region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath) · eo plataĵo (region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath) · it landa (region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath) · gl illó (region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath) · sh вријесиште (region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath) · es turbera (region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath) · zza teverge (region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath) · sco muir (region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath) · et soo (region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath) · hu ingovány (region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath) · pl wrzosowisko (region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath) · is mýri (region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath) · et nõmm (region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath) · sh вресиште (region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath) · es brezal (region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath) · gl lenteiro (region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath) · gl lameira (region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath) · pt charneca (region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath) · cmn 荒澤 /荒泽 (region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath) · ga móinteán (region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath) · tl labon (region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath) · gd sliabh (region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath) · ka ტორფნარი (region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath) · pl torfowisko (region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath) · ru охо́тничье уго́дье (game preserve) · hu mocsár (region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath) · br lann (region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath) · ga caorán (region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath) · ar مُسْتَنْقَع (region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath) · gl bulleiro (region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath) · da revir (game preserve) · gd mòinteach (region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath) · gl groto (region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath) · de Hochmoor (region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath) · cs vřesoviště (region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath) · ar بِرْكَة (region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath) · ja 荒れ地 (region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath) · sh vresište (region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath) · ru пу́стошь (region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath) · sv hed (region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath) · eo erikejo (region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath) · fr lande (region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath) · fi nummi (region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath) · et raba (region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath) · eo stepo (region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath) · gl lagumeira (region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath) · sv ljunghed (region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath) · ca erm (region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath) · ar سَبْخَة (region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath) · gl marnel (region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath) · sh vrijesište (region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath) · cy rhos (region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath) · la loca fruticetis obsita (region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath) · hu láp (region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath) · ru ве́ресковая пу́стошь (region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath) · gd monadh (region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath) · es pantano (region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath) · it brughiera (region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath) · cy gwaun (region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath) · nl veen (region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath) · gl páramo (region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath) · no lynghei (region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath) · nrf lande (region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath) · ru уча́сток для охо́ты (game preserve) · is heiði (region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath) · da hede (region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath) · cmn 荒地 (region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath)
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”).
Meanings
(intransitive) To cast anchor or become fastened.
The vessel moored in the stream.
(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.
His thought is tied, the curving prow
Of motion moored to rock;
And minutes burst upon a brow
Insentient to shock. 1941, Theodore Roethke, “Death Piece”, in Open House, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A[braham] Knopf, →OCLC; republished in The Collected Poems of Theodore Roethke, London: Faber and Faber […], 1968, →OCLC, page 4:
ru швартова́ть (to fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains) · uk швартува́ти (to fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains) · es atar (to secure or fix firmly) · fi kiinnittää (to secure or fix firmly) · fa مهار کردن (to cast anchor or become fastened) · de vertäuen (to fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains) · ru ста́вить на я́корь (to fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains) · ru пришвартовыва́ть (to fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains) · cmn 停泊 (to cast anchor or become fastened) · fi ankkuroitua (to cast anchor or become fastened) · ga múráil (to fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains) · ga suigh (to secure or fix firmly) · fi ankkuroida (to fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains) · bg акостирам (to cast anchor or become fastened) · es asegurar (to secure or fix firmly) · ru прича́лить (to cast anchor or become fastened) · fr ancrer (to fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains) · ja 停泊する (to cast anchor or become fastened) · de ankern (to cast anchor or become fastened) · ga fosaigh (to secure or fix firmly) · pon pei (to cast anchor or become fastened) · bg приставам (to cast anchor or become fastened) · ru пришвартова́ться (to cast anchor or become fastened) · bg закотвям (to fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains) · chr ᎠᏔᎳᏗᎠ (to fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains) · fr ancrer (to cast anchor or become fastened) · fr amarrer (to cast anchor or become fastened) · ga feistigh (to secure or fix firmly) · pt ancorar (to fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains) · pl cumować (to fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains) · ru стать на я́корь (to cast anchor or become fastened) · ru прича́ливать (to cast anchor or become fastened) · de festmachen (to secure or fix firmly) · gl fondear (to cast anchor or become fastened) · cmn 泊 (to cast anchor or become fastened) · uk пришвартува́ти (to fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains) · ga feistigh (to fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains) · io amaragar (to cast anchor or become fastened) · nan-hbl 拋碇 /抛碇 (to fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains) · pt atracar (to cast anchor or become fastened) · fr amarrer (to fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains) · tr yanaşmak (to cast anchor or become fastened) · de anlegen (to cast anchor or become fastened) · ru поста́вить на я́корь (to fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains) · da lægge til (to cast anchor or become fastened) · it ancorarsi (to fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains) · ca amarrar (to cast anchor or become fastened) · nl aanleggen (to cast anchor or become fastened) · ru крепи́ть (to secure or fix firmly) · pl cumować (to cast anchor or become fastened) · ru закрепля́ть (to secure or fix firmly) · sv lägga till (to cast anchor or become fastened) · tr demir atmak (to cast anchor or become fastened) · es amarrar (to secure or fix firmly) · gl ancorar (to cast anchor or become fastened) · ru става́ть на я́корь (to cast anchor or become fastened) · fi kiinnittää (to fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains) · fr mouiller (to cast anchor or become fastened) · it attraccare (to cast anchor or become fastened) · ja 停泊させる (to fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains) · sv förtöja (to cast anchor or become fastened) · pl zacumować (to fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains) · pl przycumować (to fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains) · ru пришвартова́ть (to fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains) · it attraccare (to fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains) · sv förtöja (to fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains) · nl verankeren (to secure or fix firmly) · ru закрепи́ть (to secure or fix firmly) · ga daingnigh (to secure or fix firmly) · nb fortøye (to fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains) · es anclar (to cast anchor or become fastened) · no legge til (to cast anchor or become fastened) · cmn 系泊 (to cast anchor or become fastened) · pt ancorar (to cast anchor or become fastened) · io amaragar (to fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains) · da fortøje (to cast anchor or become fastened) · it ancorare (to cast anchor or become fastened) · da fortøje (to fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains) · es anclar (to fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains) · ca amarrar (to secure or fix firmly) · nl aanmeren (to cast anchor or become fastened) · nrf amather (to fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains) · no fortøye (to cast anchor or become fastened) · ca amarrar (to fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains) · nl meren (to fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains) · pt atracar (to secure or fix firmly) · ru пришвартовыва́ться (to cast anchor or become fastened) · es fijar (to secure or fix firmly) · hu kiköt (to cast anchor or become fastened) · es amarrar (to fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains) · fi kiinnittyä (to cast anchor or become fastened)