moor

v., moored, moor·ing, moors.

v.tr.

1. To make fast (a vessel, for example) by means of cables, anchors, or lines: moor a ship to a dock; a dirigible moored to a tower.
2. To fix in place; secure. See synonyms at fasten.

v.intr.

1. To secure a vessel or an aircraft with lines or anchors.
2. To be secured with lines or anchors: The freighter moored alongside the wharf.

[Middle English moren.]

moor² (mʊr)
n.
A broad area of open land, often high but poorly drained, with patches of heath and peat bogs.

[Middle English mor, from Old English mōr.]

verb

1. To join one thing to another: affix, attach, clip², connect, couple, fasten, fix, secure. See assemble/disassemble.
2. To make secure: anchor, catch, fasten, fix, secure. Idioms: make fast. See move/halt.

v

Definition: anchor, fasten securely
Antonyms: loose, push off, unhitch

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v. 1. (often be moored) make fast (a vessel) to the shore or to an anchor: twenty or so fishing boats were moored to the pier.

2. (of a boat) be made fast somewhere in this way: we moored alongside a jetty.

See the Introduction, Abbreviations and Pronunciation for further details.

(DOD) Lying with both anchors down or tied to a pier, anchor buoy, or mooring buoy.

Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - maurer

2.
v. tr. - fortøje
v. intr. - lægge til

Nederlands (Dutch)
aanmeren, afmeren, moor, heide, veenmoeras

Français (French)
1.
n. - (Hist) Maure, bruyère, lande

2.
v. tr. - amarrer, mouiller
v. intr. - s'amarrer

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Moor, Heide

2.
v. - vertäuen, festmachen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (εθνολ.) Μαυριτανός, βάλτος, ρεικότοπος, χερσότοπος
v. - αγκυροβολώ (κν. δένω, αράζω, προσορμίζω), πλευρίζω, πέφτω δίπλα

Italiano (Italian)
landa, attraccare, moro, saraceno

Português (Portuguese)
n. - mouro (m), pântano (m)
v. - ancorar (Náut.), amarrar (Náut.)

Русский (Russian)
марокканец, мавр, мусульманин, моховое болото, швартоваться

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - brezal, páramo, terreno pantanoso

2.
v. tr. - amarrar, atracar, anclar
v. intr. - echar las amarras, echar las anclas, estar amarrado o anclado

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - (ljung)hed, (torv)mosse
v. - förtöja

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 使停泊, 系泊, 固定, 系住, 停泊, 被固定, 被系住

2. 沼泽, 禁猎的沼泽地

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
v. tr. - 使停泊, 系泊, 固定, 系住
v. intr. - 停泊, 系泊, 被固定, 被系住

2.
n. - 沼澤, 禁獵的沼澤地

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 황부지, 습지

2.
v. tr. - 정박 시키다, 계류하다
v. intr. - 배를 잡아 매다, 정박하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ムーア人, 荒れ地, 湿原
v. - つなぐ, しっかり固定する, 船をつなぐ, しっかり固定される, 停泊する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مستنقع, من شمال أفريقيا (فعل) يوثق, يربط‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮איזור צייד, אדמת בור, איזור ביצות, בן-תערובת, ערבי-ברברי, מורי‬
v. tr. - ‮קשר או ריתק (ספינה)‬
v. intr. - ‮נקשרה למקום (ספינה)‬

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