moor
v.
tie a boat, secure a boat; anchor a boat; secure with ropes
moor
Noun
1. open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss
(synonym) moorland
(hypernym) plain, field, champaign
Verb
1. secure in or as if in a berth or dock; "tie up the boat"
(synonym) berth, tie up
(hypernym) fasten, fix, secure
(hyponym) wharf
(derivation) mooring, moorage, berth, slip
2. come into or dock at a wharf; "the big ship wharfed in the evening"
(synonym) berth, wharf
(hypernym) dock
3. secure with cables or ropes; "moor the boat"
(hypernym) fasten, fix, secure
(derivation) docking, moorage, tying up
Moored
(imp. & p. p.)
of Moor
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
moored
roomed
moored
Synonyms and related words:
aground, anchored, caught, chained, fast, fastened, fixed, grounded, held, high and dry, impacted, inextricable, jammed, packed, stranded, stuck, stuck fast, tethered, tied, transfixed, wedged
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.