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- DictionaryMoor/mo͝or/
noun
- 1. a tract of open uncultivated upland; a heath: British "a little town in the moors"
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Moor definition: a tract of open, peaty, wasteland, often overgrown with heath, common in high latitudes and altitudes where drainage is poor; heath.. See examples of MOOR used in a sentence.
3 days ago · 1. variable noun. A moor is an area of open and usually high land with poor soil that is covered mainly with grass and heather. [mainly British] Colliford is higher, right up on the moors. Synonyms: moorland, fell [British], heath, muir [Scottish] More Synonyms of moor. 2. transitive verb/intransitive verb.
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Pronunciation
1. (General Australian) IPA(key): /moː/ 2. (New Zealand) IPA(key): /moː/, [möː(ə̯)~mʊ̈ː(ə̯)] 3. (Received Pronunciation) 3.1. (cure–force merger) IPA(key): /mɔː/ 3.2. (cure–force distinction) IPA(key): /mʊə/ 4. (Scotland) IPA(key): /mʉr/ 5. (US) 5.1. (cure–force merger) IPA(key): /mɔɹ/ 5.2. (cure–force distinction) IPA(key): /mʊ(ə)ɹ/ 6. Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ), -ɔː(ɹ) 7. Homophones: Moore (all accents), more (cure–force merger), maw (most non-rhotic accents with cure–force merger), mooer (some accents)
Etymology 1
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.
Etymology 2
From Middle English moren, from unattested Old English *mārian, from Proto-West Germanic *mairōn (“to moor, fasten to”), related to *maida- (“post”), from Proto-Indo-European *mēyt-, *meyt-, from *mēy-, *mey- (“stake, pole”). Cognate with Dutch meren (“to moor”), marren (“to bind”).
Etymology
From Dutch moorden, from Middle Dutch morden.
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /mʊə̯r/
Verb
moor (present moor, present participle moordende, past participle gemoor) 1. (intransitive) to murder
Etymology
From Moor(“member of a North African people”, became synonymous with “Saracen”).
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /moːr/ 2. Hyphenation: moor 3. Rhymes: -oːr
Noun
moor m (plural moren, diminutive moortje n) 1. Something black, notably a black horse 2. A whistling kettle, used to boil water in, as for tea or coffee
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /moːr/
Noun
moor (genitive moori, partitive moori) 1. (derogatory) an elderly woman; a crone
Etymology
From Old Frisian māra, from Proto-West Germanic *maiʀō. Cognates include West Frisian mear and German mehr.
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /moːr/ 2. Hyphenation: moor 3. Rhymes: -oːr
Determiner
moor 1. comparative degree of fúul; more
1a tract of open uncultivated upland, typically covered with heather: a little town in the moors. More example sentences. This wide extent of habitats includes upland moors, grassy or boggy open areas in forests and damp grasslands and traditionally managed hayfields particularly in river valleys.
Moor noun [ countable] one of the Muslim people from North Africa who entered Spain in the 8th century and ruled the southern part of the country until 1492 Origin moor1 Old English mor moor2 (1400-1500) Probably from Middle Low German moren. moor meaning, definition, what is moor: a wild open area of high land, covered w...: Learn more.
The meaning of MOOR is an expanse of open rolling infertile land. How to use moor in a sentence. an expanse of open rolling infertile land; a boggy area; especially : one that is peaty and dominated by grasses and sedges…
noun [ C ] uk / mɔː r/ us. Add to word list. Add to word list. an open area in the countryside that is covered with rough grass and bushes: [ usually plural ] the Yorkshire Moors. (Definition of moor from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
