unmoor
English
Etymology
un- + moor
Verb
unmoor (third-person singular simple present unmoors, present participle unmooring, simple past and past participle unmoored)
- (transitive) To unfix or unsecure (a moored boat).
- 2007 August 2, Ellen Barry, “U.S. Halts Heating Oil Deliveries by Two Companies Accused of Swindling”, in New York Times:
- “It would’ve taken him a half-hour to unmoor the boat.”
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- (intransitive) To weigh anchor.