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Meaning
Noun
●
In Landforms:
An
extensive
waste
covered
with
patches
of
heath
, and having a
poor
,
light
soil
, but sometimes
marshy
, and
abounding in
peat
; a
heath
●
A
game
preserve
consisting of
moorland.
●
A
member
of an
ancient
Berber people from Mauretania.
●
A
member
of an Islamic people of Arab or Berber
origin
ruling
Spain and
parts
of North Africa from
th
e 8th to
th
e 15th centuries.
●
A Muslim or a person from the Middle East or Africa.
●
A person of
mixed
Arab and Berber
ancestry
inhabiting
the Mediterranean
coastline
of
northwest
Africa.
●
A person of an
ethnic group
speaking
the Hassaniya language,
mainly
inhabiting
Western Sahara, Mauritania, and
parts
of
neighbouring
countries (Morocco, Mali, Senegal etc.).
Verb
●
In Nautical:
To
cast anchor
or become fastened.
●
In Nautical:
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.
●
To
secure
or
fix
firmly.
Name
●
A surname.
A
surname
from Irish.
An English
surname
transferred
from the given name.
Sourced from
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Origin
moor
English
mor
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Sourced from
Etym
Antonyms
Unmoor
Related
Headland
Estuary
Cove
Quay
Wharf
Loch
Sail
Paddle
Jetty
Meadow
Hillside
Prince
Ferry
Pier
Kayak
Lake
Dock
River
Fjord
Beach
King
Perch
Pond
Land
Bayou
Lord
Riverbank
Hero
Marshes
Man
Castle
Knight
Narrator
Grove
Devil
Duke
Terrace
Beast
Raven
Witch
Queen
Meadows
Princess
Henry
Woman
Highlands
Fens
Prairie
Wolf
Monster
Boy
Dragon
Mountain
Snorkel
Town
Hamlet
Ridge
Ghost
Black Man
Nature Reserve
River Bank
More
Rhymes
Or
Ore
Oar
Cor
For
Nor
War
Soar
Core
Roar
Four
Fure
Dore
Bore
Gore
Sure
Pure
O'Er
Soar
Dour
Tour
Moor
Tore
Fore
Boar
Hoar
Lore
Thor
Muir
Your
More
Rore
Moor
Wore
Door
Cure
Lure
Boor
Yore
Poor
Pore
Pour
Sore
Shore
Chore
Aroar
Abore
Fore-
Afore
Ybore
Floor
Whore
Corps
Snore
Adore
Score
Moore
Funny
Decor
Spore
Store
Crore
Swore
Frore
S'More
Insure
You'Re
Bewore
Abjure
Unsure
Before
Drawer
Assure
Allure
Galore
Mature
Immure
Adjure
Impure
Ignore
Phwoar
Ashore
Demure
Secure
Endure
Manure
Ensure
Recure
Obscure
Tandoor
Parkour
Bonjour
Rapport
Procure
Deplore
Restore
Anymore
Implore
Explore
Elsinore
Insecure
Brochure
Metaphor
Immature
Messidor
Evermore
Fervidor
Hardcore
Albacore
Fructidor
Thermidor
Multicore
Bangalore
Nevermore
Man-Of-War
Litterateur
Connoisseur
Kwashiorkor
Xenophyophore
De Jour
Du Jour
Any More
Louis D'Or
Bonheur Du Jour
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