moor

Noun

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

• 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
    

• come into or dock at a wharf
  • the big ship wharfed in the evening
    

• secure in or as if in a berth or dock
  • tie up the boat
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  moorland , Moor , berth , wharf , tie up