moor
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Is moor a Scrabble word?
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Definition
verb (English)
1. (intransitive, nautical) To cast anchor or become fastened.Examples: "The vessel moored in the stream."intransitive
2. (transitive, 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.Examples: "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."transitive
3. (transitive) To secure or fix firmly.transitive
noun (English)
1. (historical) A member of an ancient Amazigh people from Mauretania.historical
2. (historical) A member of an Islamic people of Arab or Amazigh origin ruling Spain and parts of North Africa from the 8th to the 15th centuries.Examples: "[King of] Moro[cco]. Ye Moores and valiant men of Barbary, How can ye ſuffer theſe indignities?"historical
3. (archaic) A Muslim or a person from the Middle East or Africa.archaic
4. (dated) A person of mixed Arab and Amazigh ancestry inhabiting the Mediterranean coastline of northwest Africa.dated
Definition source: Wiktionary