Synonyms of the word moor


MOORBERTH - CHAMPAIGN - DOCK - FASTEN - FIELD - FIX - MOORLAND - PLAIN - SECURE - WHARF

moor

  • n. an extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy,…
  • n. a game preserve consisting of moorland.
  • v. (intransitive, nautical) To cast anchor or become fastened.
  • v. (transitive, nautical) To fix or secure (e.g. a vessel) in a particular place by casting anchor, or by…
  • v. (transitive) To secure or fix firmly.

berth

  • n. A fixed bunk for sleeping in (caravans, trains, etc).
  • n. Room for maneuvering or safety. (Often used in the phrase a wide berth.).
  • n. A space for a ship to moor or a vehicle to park.
  • n. (nautical) A room in which a number of the officers or ship's company mess and reside.
  • n. A job or position, especially on a ship.
  • n. (sports) Position or seed in a tournament bracket.
  • n. (sports) position on the field of play.
  • v. (transitive) to bring (a ship or vehicle) into its berth.
  • v. (transitive) to assign a berth (bunk or position) to.

champaign

  • n. (geography, archaic) Open countryside, or an area of open countryside.
  • n. (obsolete) A battlefield.
  • adj. Pertaining to open countryside; unforested, flat.

dock

  • n. Any of the genus Rumex of coarse weedy plants with small green flowers related to buckwheat, especially…
  • n. A burdock plant, or the leaves of that plant.
  • n. The fleshy root of an animal's tail.
  • n. The part of the tail which remains after the tail has been docked.
  • n. (obsolete) The buttocks or anus.
  • n. A leather case to cover the clipped or cut tail of a horse.
  • v. (transitive) To cut off a section of an animal's tail.
  • v. (transitive) To reduce (wages); to deduct from.
  • v. (transitive) To cut off, bar, or destroy.
  • n. A fixed structure attached to shore to which a vessel is secured when in port.
  • n. The body of water between two piers.
  • n. A structure attached to shore for loading and unloading vessels.
  • n. A section of a hotel or restaurant.
  • n. (electronics) A device designed as a base for holding a connected portable appliance such as a laptop…
  • n. (computing, graphical user interface) A toolbar that provides the user with a way of launching applications,…
  • n. An act of docking; joining two things together.
  • v. (intransitive) To land at a harbour.
  • v. To join two moving items.
  • v. (transitive, computing) To drag a user interface element (such as a toolbar) to a position on screen where…
  • n. Part of a courtroom where the accused sits.
  • v. (cooking) To pierce with holes, as pricking pastry or dough with a fork to prevent excessive rising in…

fasten

  • v. To attach or connect in a secure manner.
  • v. To cause to take close effect; to make to tell; to land.

field

  • n. A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; open country.
  • n. A wide, open space that is usually used to grow crops or to hold farm animals.
  • n. The open country near or belonging to a town or city—usually used in plural.
  • n. A physical phenomenon, such as force, potential, or fluid velocity, that pervades a region.
  • n. An airfield, airport or air base; especially, one with unpaved runways.
  • n. A course of study or domain of knowledge or practice.
  • n. The extent of a given perception.
  • n. A place where a battle is fought; a battlefield.
  • n. An area reserved for playing a game.
  • n. A realm of practical, direct, or natural operation, contrasting with an office, classroom, or laboratory.
  • n. (algebra) A commutative ring with identity for which every nonzero element has a multiplicative inverse.
  • n. (geology) A region containing a particular mineral.
  • n. (heraldry) The background of the shield.
  • n. (vexillology) The background of the flag.
  • n. (computing) An area of memory or storage reserved for a particular value.
  • n. A component of a database record in which a single unit of information is stored.
  • n. A physical or virtual location for the input of information in the form of characters.
  • n. (baseball, obsolete) The team in a match that throws the ball and tries to catch it when it is hit by…
  • n. (baseball) The outfield.
  • n. An unrestricted or favourable opportunity for action, operation, or achievement.
  • n. All of the competitors in any outdoor contest or trial, or all except the favourites in the betting.
  • v. (transitive, sports) To intercept or catch (a ball) and play it.
  • v. (baseball, softball, cricket, and other batting sports) To be the team catching and throwing the ball,…
  • v. (transitive, sports) To place a team in (a game).
  • v. (transitive) To answer; to address.
  • v. (transitive) To defeat.
  • v. (transitive) To execute research (in the field).
  • v. (transitive, military) To deploy in the field.

fix

  • n. A repair or corrective action.
  • n. A difficult situation; a quandary or dilemma.
  • n. (informal) A single dose of an addictive drug administered to a drug user.
  • n. A prearrangement of the outcome of a supposedly competitive process, such as a sporting event, a game,…
  • n. A determination of location.
  • n. (US) fettlings (mixture used to line a furnace).
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix.
  • v. (transitive) To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time.
  • v. (transitive) To mend, to repair.
  • v. (transitive, informal) To prepare (food).
  • v. (transitive) To make (a contest, vote, or gamble) unfair; to privilege one contestant or a particular…
  • v. (transitive, US, informal) To surgically render an animal, especially a pet, infertile.
  • v. (transitive, mathematics, sematics) To map a (point or subset) to itself.
  • v. (transitive, informal) To take revenge on, to best; to serve justice on an assumed miscreant.
  • v. (transitive) To render (a photographic impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will…
  • v. (transitive, chemistry, biology) To convert into a stable or available form.
  • v. (intransitive) To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest.
  • v. (intransitive) To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal;…

moorland

  • n. Open land that has an acidic peaty soil and is mostly covered with heather or bracken.

plain

  • adj. (now rare, regional) Flat, level.
  • adj. Simple.
  • adj. Obvious.
  • adj. Open.
  • adj. Not unusually beautiful; unattractive.
  • adv. (colloquial) Simply.
  • n. (rare, poetic) A lamentation.
  • v. (reflexive, obsolete) To complain.
  • v. (transitive, intransitive, now rare, poetic) To lament, bewail.
  • n. An expanse of land with relatively low relief.
  • n. A battlefield.
  • n. (obsolete) A plane.
  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To level; to raze; to make plain or even on the surface.
  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To make plain or manifest; to explain.

secure

  • adj. Free from attack or danger; protected.
  • adj. Free from the danger of theft; safe.
  • adj. Free from the risk of eavesdropping, interception or discovery; secret.
  • adj. Free from anxiety or doubt; unafraid.
  • adj. Firm and not likely to fail; stable.
  • adj. Free from the risk of financial loss; reliable.
  • adj. Confident in opinion; not entertaining, or not having reason to entertain, doubt; certain; sure; commonly…
  • adj. Overconfident; incautious; careless.
  • v. To make safe; to relieve from apprehensions of, or exposure to, danger; to guard; to protect.
  • v. To put beyond hazard of losing or of not receiving; to make certain; to assure; frequently with against…
  • v. To make fast; to close or confine effectually; to render incapable of getting loose or escaping.
  • v. To get possession of; to make oneself secure of; to acquire certainly.

wharf

  • n. A man-made landing place for ships on a shore or river bank.
  • n. The bank of a river, or the shore of the sea.

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