noun
- an area of open uncultivated upland, typically covered with heather
- a member of a Muslim people of mixed Berber and Arab descent
Usage: chiefly British
Usage: historical
verb
- to secure a boat or ship with ropes or chains
Usage: nautical
Examples
- The sheep grazed freely on the Scottish moor.
- Purple heather covered the vast moor as far as the eye could see.
- The captain ordered the crew to moor the ship at the dock.
- We need to moor the boat securely before the storm arrives.
- The yacht was moored in the harbor overnight.
- Wild ponies roam across the English moors.
- They moored their sailboat to the pier with thick ropes.