Antonyms for moor

Grammar : Verb

Spell : moo r

Phonetic Transcription : mʊər

Definition of moor

Origin : "to fasten (a vessel) by a cable," late 15c., probably related to Old English mærels "mooring rope," via unrecorded *mærian "to moor," or possibly borrowed from Middle Low German moren or Middle Dutch maren "to moor," from West Germanic *mairojan. Related: Moored, mooring. French amarrer is from Dutch.

verb anchor, fasten securely

Example sentences :

"Fame lies to us, then," answered the Moor, with some surprise.
Extract from : « Leila, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

"Thy mother's soul has passed into mine," said the Moor, tenderly.
Extract from : « Leila, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Boabdil motioned to the Moor to withdraw, and an alfaqui advanced in his stead.
Extract from : « Leila, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Muza was at the door; but the Moor paused irresolutely, ere he dismounted.
Extract from : « Leila, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

And never was known, to Moor or Christian, the future fate of the hero of Granada.
Extract from : « Leila, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

As he drew up upon the moor the clock of Chedzoy struck one.
Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle

Art thou, then, prepared to confess thy knowledge of the Moor?
Extract from : « Gomez Arias » by Joaqun Telesforo de Trueba y Coso

Aboukar, for such was the Moor's name, then ushered in his kinsman.
Extract from : « Gomez Arias » by Joaqun Telesforo de Trueba y Coso

Yet a single atheling up she seized fast and firm, as she fled to the moor.
Extract from : « Beowulf » by Anonymous

The words re-echoed from the moor: the streaks of fog descended.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 350, December 1844 » by Various

Synonyms for moor

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