moor
/mʊr/
verb
- To attach a boat or ship to a fixed object (like a dock or buoy) with ropes or chains so it stays in place.
- The captain carefully moored the ferry to the pier.
- They decided to moor the yacht in the calm harbor for the night.
- We need to moor the sailboat before the storm arrives.
noun
- A large open area of land, especially in Britain, covered with rough grass and low bushes, often with wet ground.
- The hikers walked across the windy moor under a gray sky.
- The old stone cottage stood alone on the edge of the moor.
- Sheep graze on the moor all year round.
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