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moor noun

  /moɹ/ , /moː/ , /muːɹ/ , /mɔː/ , /mʉːɹ/ , /mʊ(ə)ɹ/ , /mʊə/ , [möː(ə̯)~mʊ̈ː(ə̯)]
  • 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.)
 caorán, móinteán

moor verb

  /moɹ/ , /moː/ , /muːɹ/ , /mɔː/ , /mʉːɹ/ , /mʊ(ə)ɹ/ , /mʊə/ , [möː(ə̯)~mʊ̈ː(ə̯)]
  • (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.
 daingnigh, feistigh, fosaigh, múráil, suigh
  • (transitive) To secure or fix firmly.
 daingnigh, feistigh, fosaigh, suigh
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