Found 3 items, similar to moor.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: moor menambatkan, padang
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Moor Moor n 1: one of the Muslim people of north Africa; of mixed Arab and Berber descent; converted to Islam in the 8th century; conqueror of Spain in the 8th century 2: open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss [syn: moorland] v 1: secure in or as if in a berth or dock; “tie up the boat” [syn: berth, tie up] 2: come into or dock at a wharf; “the big ship wharfed in the evening” [syn: berth, wharf] 3: secure with cables or ropes; “moor the boat”
English → English (gcide) Definition: Moor Moor \Moor\ (m[=oo]r), n. [F. More, Maure, L. Maurus a Moor, a Mauritanian, an inhabitant of Mauritania, Gr. May^ros; cf. may^ros black, dark. Cf. Morris a dance, Morocco.] 1. One of a mixed race inhabiting Morocco, Algeria, Tunis, and Tripoli, chiefly along the coast and in towns. [1913 Webster] 2. (Hist.) Any individual of the swarthy races of Africa or Asia which have adopted the Mohammedan religion. “In Spanish history the terms Moors, Saracens, and Arabs are synonymous.” --Internat. Cyc. [1913 Webster] Moor \Moor\ (m[=oo]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Moored (m[=oo]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Mooring.] [Prob. fr. D. marren to tie, fasten, or moor a ship. See Mar.] 1. (Naut.) To fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains; as, the vessel was moored in the stream; they moored the boat to the wharf. [1913 Webster] 2. Fig.: To secure, or fix firmly. --Brougham. [1913 Webster] Moor \Moor\, n. [OE. mor, AS. m[=o]r moor, morass; akin to D. moer moor, G. moor, and prob. to Goth. marei sea, E. mere. See Mere a lake.] 1. An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath. [1913 Webster] In her girlish age she kept sheep on the moor. --Carew. [1913 Webster] 2. A game preserve consisting of moorland. [1913 Webster] Moor buzzard (Zo["o]l.), the marsh harrier. [Prov. Eng.] Moor coal (Geol.), a friable variety of lignite. Moor cock (Zo["o]l.), the male of the moor fowl or red grouse of Europe. Moor coot. (Zo["o]l.) See Gallinule. Moor game. (Zo["o]l.) Same as Moor fowl. Moor grass (Bot.), a tufted perennial grass (Sesleria c[ae]rulea ), found in mountain pastures of Europe. Moor hawk (Zo["o]l.), the marsh harrier. Moor hen. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The female of the moor fowl. (b) A gallinule, esp. the European species. See Gallinule. (c) An Australian rail (Tribonyx ventralis). Moor monkey (Zo["o]l.), the black macaque of Borneo (Macacus maurus). Moor titling (Zo["o]l.), the European stonechat (Pratinocola rubicola). [1913 Webster] Moor \Moor\, v. i. To cast anchor; to become fast. [1913 Webster] On oozy ground his galleys moor. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]