moor
noun
a tract of open, peaty, wasteland, often overgrown with heath, common in high latitudes and altitudes where drainage is poor; heath.
has moored
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present perfectof moor (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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“Now he’s in a leadership position, and the heavy yoke of leadership has moored him into the team in a very constructive way.”
From Washington Post ● Nov. 21, 2019
Wogan reckoned it good to show a puzzled and bemused demeanour, as of one who has moored himself by the punch-bowl.
From Parson Kelly by Andrew Lang
John Bright said: "My friend Field, the Columbus of modern times, by his cable has moored the New World alongside the Old."
From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 6 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne
