Definition of Moor
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(n.) One of a mixed race inhabiting Morocco, Algeria, Tunis, and Tripoli, chiefly along the coast and in towns.
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(n.) Any individual of the swarthy races of Africa or Asia which have adopted the Mohammedan religion.
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(n.) An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath.
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(n.) A game preserve consisting of moorland.
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(v. t.) 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.
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(v. t.) Fig.: To secure, or fix firmly.
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(v. i.) To cast anchor; to become fast.
Antonyms of Moor
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