moor

CEFRC1

/mʊə/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Open, uncultivated land covered mainly with rough grass and shrubs.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A game preserve consisting of moorland.

Examples

  • A long, low moan, indescribably sad, swept over the moor.

  • Moor the ship at the pier.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
3

Also pronounced

  • [möː(ə̯)~mʊ̈ː(ə̯)]
  • /moɹ/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. To cast anchor or become fastened.

  2. 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.)

verb

Extra meaning

  1. 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.

More examples

In context

  • Were you in the moor yesterday?

  • A cold, biting wind blew across the moor, and the travellers hastened their step.

  • In her girlish age, she kept sheep on the moor.

Antonyms

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Origin

noun

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.