moor
See also: Moor, мөөг, and Appendix:Variations of "mor"
English
Pronunciation
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /moː/
- (New Zealand) IPA(key): /moː/, [möː(ə̯)~mʊ̈ː(ə̯)]
- (Received Pronunciation)
- (cure–force merger) IPA(key): /mɔː/
- (cure–force distinction) IPA(key): /mʊə/
Audio (UK) (file)
- (US)
- (cure–force merger) IPA(key): /mɔɹ/
- (cure–force distinction) IPA(key): /mʊ(ə)ɹ/
Audio (US) (file)
- Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ), -ɔː(ɹ)
- Homophones: Moore (all accents), more (cure–force merger), maw (most non-rhotic accents with cure–force merger), mooer (some accents)
Etymology 1
From Middle English mor, from Old English 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.
Noun
Saddleworth Moor in Greater Manchester
moor (plural moors)
- 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.
- In her girlish age, she kept sheep on the moor.
- 1609, Richard Carew, The Survey of Cornwall. […], new edition, London: […] B. Law, […]; Penzance, Cornwall: J. Hewett, published 1769, OCLC 752813518:
- the ruins yet resting in the wild moors
- A game preserve consisting of moorland.
Derived terms
- Alston Moor
- Blea Moor
- Bodmin Moor
- Clayton-le-Moors
- Cleator Moor
- Cranmoor
- Crosland Moor
- Dartmoor
- Draycott in the Moors
- East Moors
- Exmoor
- Holton le Moor
- Lower Moor
- Low Moor
- moorhen
- moorland
- Moor Monkton
- Moor Park
- Moor Row
- moortop
- Thornton-le-Moors (Cheshire)
- Ushaw Moor
- West Moors
Translations
region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath
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game preserve
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See also
- bog
- marsh
- swamp
Etymology 2
From Middle English moren, from unattested Old English *mārian, from Proto-West Germanic *mairōn (“to moor, fasten to”), related to *maida- (“post”), from Proto-Indo-European *mēyt-, *meyt-, from *mēy-, *mey- (“stake, pole”). Cognate with Dutch meren (“to moor”), marren (“to bind”).
Some boats moored off Chicago
Verb
moor (third-person singular simple present moors, present participle mooring, simple past and past participle moored)
- (intransitive, nautical) To cast anchor or become fastened.
- The vessel was moored in the stream.
- (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.
- They moored the boat to the wharf.
- (transitive) To secure or fix firmly.
Antonyms
- unmoor
Coordinate terms
- berth
- dock
Derived terms
- mooring
- mooring buoy
- mooring can
- mooring post
- moor up
- unmoor
- unmoored
Translations
to cast anchor or become fastened
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to fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains
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to secure or fix firmly
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Further reading
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “mairja-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Anagrams
- Moro, Romo, room
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch moorden, from Middle Dutch morden.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mʊə̯r/
Verb
moor (present moor, present participle moordende, past participle gemoor)
- (intransitive) to murder
Related terms
- moord
Dutch
Etymology
From Moor (“member of a North African people”, became synonymous with “Saracen”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /moːr/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: moor
- Rhymes: -oːr
Noun
moor m (plural moren, diminutive moortje n)
- Something black, notably a black horse
- A whistling kettle, used to boil water in, as for tea or coffee
Synonyms
- (kettle): fluitketel
Derived terms
- moorkop
Descendants
- Negerhollands: Moor
Anagrams
- room
Estonian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /moːr/
Noun
moor (genitive moori, partitive moori)
- (pejorative) an elderly woman; a crone
Declension
Declension of moor (type riik)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | moor | moorid |
| genitive | moori | mooride |
| partitive | moori | moore / moorisid |
| illative | moori / moorisse | mooridesse / mooresse |
| inessive | mooris | moorides / moores |
| elative | moorist | mooridest / moorest |
| allative | moorile | mooridele / moorele |
| adessive | mooril | mooridel / moorel |
| ablative | moorilt | mooridelt / moorelt |
| translative | mooriks | moorideks / mooreks |
| terminative | moorini | moorideni |
| essive | moorina | mooridena |
| abessive | moorita | moorideta |
| comitative | mooriga | mooridega |
Saterland Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian māra, from Proto-West Germanic *maiʀō. Cognates include West Frisian mear and German mehr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /moːr/
- Hyphenation: moor
- Rhymes: -oːr
Determiner
moor
- comparative degree of fúul; more
Pronoun
moor
- comparative degree of fúul; more
References
- Marron C. Fort (2015), “moor”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN