MOOR

• (noun) open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss

  synonyms : moorland

• (noun) 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

• (verb) secure with cables or ropes

  "moor the boat"

• (verb) come into or dock at a wharf

  "the big ship wharfed in the evening"

  synonyms : berth , wharf

• (verb) secure in or as if in a berth or dock

  "tie up the boat"

  synonyms : berth , tie up

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