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# moor

noun (a moor, moors); verb (moor, moors, moored, mooring)

«moor» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (noun, mostly UK) A wide, open area of high land with rough grass, heather and few trees. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moor/#m1)
2. (verb) To tie up a boat or ship so it stays in one place, using ropes or an anchor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moor/#m2)
3. Moor (capital M): one of the Muslim people from North Africa who ruled much of Spain in the Middle Ages. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moor/#m3)

### In the lessons

In geography and stories (especially British ones like «The Hound of the Baskervilles» and «The Secret Garden») moors are wild, windy, lonely places. Safety: on moors the weather changes fast and fog comes down, so take a map and warm clothes. In sailing and harbours: «moor the boat», «mooring rope».

### Examples

- We went walking across the moor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moor/#x1)
- Purple heather covers the moors in summer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moor/#x2)
- The fog came down over the moor and we got lost. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moor/#x3)
- The sailors moored the boat at the harbour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moor/#x4)
- The yacht was moored to a buoy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moor/#x5)
- The Moors built beautiful palaces in Spain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moor/#x6)
- In the story, a strange howl came from the moor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moor/#x7)
- "In our nest on the moor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moor/#x8)

### Note

Homophones (in many accents): «more» and «moor» can sound the same. Countable: a moor, moors. Related: «mooring» (the place or rope that holds a boat), «moorland» (land of moors). The moor meaning is mostly British; Americans say «heath» or «upland».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «moor» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moor/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«moor» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/moor.html) on Mova free.