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English

Etymology 1
OE. mor|m�r. Cognates include Dutch moer, German Moor and perhaps also Gothic marei. See mere.

Noun
en-noun|-

1. uncountable An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath.

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

1. uncountable A game preserve consisting of moorland.

Derived terms
moorland

Translations
trans-top|region with poor, marshy soil, peat, and heath
Dutch: hei m
Estonian: raba
Finnish: nummi
German: Moor n
Icelandic: mýri f
trans-mid
Italian: landa f
Scots: muir
Spanish: brezal m, pantano m
Swedish: hed c
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trans-top|game preserve
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ttbc|French: marais m, bruyère f
ttbc|Italian: brughiera f (2)
ttbc|Scottish Gaelic: monadh m

See also
bog
marsh
swamp

Etymology 2
From the imperfect past participle moored; present participle and verbal noun mooring.
Probably from D. marren "to tie", "fasten", "or moor a ship". See mar.

Verb
en-verb

1. intransitive To cast anchor or become fastened.
2. context|transitive|nautical To fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains; as, the vessel was moored in the stream; they moored the boat to the wharf.
3. transitive To secure, or fix firmly.

Translations
trans-top|to moor
Estonian: t|et|silduma, t|et|otsi kinnitama
Finnish: ankkuroida (transitive), ankkuroitua (intransitive)
French: t|fr|amarrer
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Portuguese: atracar, ancorar
Spanish: atracar, amarrar
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Anagrams
room

Category:English words with multiple etymologies

Estonian

Noun
moor

1. grimalkin

Category:Estonian nouns

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