moor
verb
/moː/
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/muːɹ/
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/mɔɹ/
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/mɔː/
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/mʉːɹ/
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/mʊ(ə)ɹ/
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/mʊə/
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[möː(ə̯)~mʊ̈ː(ə̯)]
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- (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.
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amarrer,
ancrer
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- (intransitive, nautical) To cast anchor or become fastened.
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amarrer,
ancrer,
mouiller
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- (transitive) To secure or fix firmly.
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amarrer
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Moor
noun
/mɔɹ/
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/mɔː/
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/mʊə/
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/mʊɹ/
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- (historical) A member of an Islamic people of Arab or Amazigh origin ruling Spain and parts of North Africa from the 8th to the 15th centuries.
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Maure
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moor
noun
/moː/
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/muːɹ/
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/mɔɹ/
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/mɔː/
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/mʉːɹ/
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/mʊ(ə)ɹ/
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/mʊə/
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[möː(ə̯)~mʊ̈ː(ə̯)]
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- An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light (and usually acidic) soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath. (Compare bog, peatland, marsh, swamp, fen.)
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lande
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mooring
noun
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- The act of securing a vessel with a cable or anchor etc.
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amarrage
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