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Word entry · 4 letters

moor

Best crossword clue

"Secure a boat"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /mʊə/Part of speech verb, nounSorted moorStarts with MEnds with R1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. secure with cables or ropes

Word origin

From Middle English mor, from Old English mōr, from Proto-West Germanic *mōr, from Proto-Germanic *mōraz, from Proto-Indo-European *móri. Cognates include Welsh môr, Old Irish muir (from Proto-Celtic *mori); Scots muir, Dutch moer, Old Saxon mōr, Old Saxon mūr, German Moor and perhaps also Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹 (marei). See mere.

Used in a sentence

  • A cold, biting wind blew across the moor, and the travellers hastened their step.
  • In her girlish age, she kept sheep on the moor.
  • the ruins yet resting in the wild moors

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